Tag Archives: Long tailed tit

Connections

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

One of the amazing things about writing a blog is the connections it makes. I’m not talking about networking or writing to gain anything, I’m talking about the feedback and comments that come back from around the world. As I … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Bushnell, Covid-19, Environment, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature Books, outdoors, Oxfordshire, Ponds, Stay at home, Stay Wild, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Badgers, Birdsy, Bluetit, caterpillar, fox, garden pond, garden wildlife, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Muntjac, nature, trail camera, wildlife | 6 Comments

Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

During lockdown and the current restrictions I’ve teamed up with family run Kennedy Wild Bird Food for a guest blog post on attracting wildlife to your garden and a chance to win a bundle of bird food and feeders. You … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Competition, Environment, garden, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography | Tagged bird bath, Bird Boxes, Bird Feeders, Bird food, birds, Blogging, Blue tit, collared dove, Competition, Environment, garden, garden wildlife, Kennedy Wild Bird Food, lockdown, Long tailed tit, Win, wood pigeon | 35 Comments

Garden wildlife – Part 3 Long tailed tit

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Another sunny, warm (ish) day in the garden today. Plenty of things to see, from butterflies including a Brimstone and a couple of Peacocks Overhead the Buzzards and Red Kites were riding the thermals, and over the fence I could … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged Birdsy, Long tailed tit, nature, wildlife | 1 Comment

Big Garden Bird Watch 2020

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With bird feeders topped up and camera at the ready, I settled down to see which birds visited my garden during the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Bird Watch. As always I completed this important piece of citizen science between 9am … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Birdsy, Blogging, Books, Citizen science, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, Oxfordshire, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, wildlife books, Wildlife photography | Tagged birds, Birdsy, Blackbird, Blogging, Blue tit, Books, collared dove, Environment, Great tit, Long tailed tit, New Nature magazine, Robin, RSPB | 6 Comments

Busy garden

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It is always interesting to see what happens in the garden over night. However, last night seem to be a particularly busy night for wildlife and not so wildlife. Glad to see my local vixen is still around as she … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Books, Environment, garden, Get Your Boots On, Local patch, nature, Nature Books, photography, Uncategorized, wildlife books | Tagged Birdsy, Deer, Film Oxford, fox, Long tailed tit, wildlife | 6 Comments

Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The Big Garden Bird Watch 2018 turned out to be the best one I’ve done so far. Despite drizzling with rain to start with, there were still plenty of birds around. Here’s my list of the birds that actually landed … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, garden, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, Blackbird, Blue tit, Chaffinch, Coal tit, collared dove, Dunnock, Environment, House Sparrow, Long tailed tit, red kite, Robin, wood pigeon, woodpecker | 8 Comments

Hide in the snow

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Such a surprise this morning to wake up and find the ground covered in a thin layer of snow. Within a few minutes of entering the wood I spotted a fox trotting along the hedgerow. I stopped and set … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, fox, Fungi, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Rat, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland | Tagged Blogging, Chaffinch, Environment, footprints, fox, Fungi, hide, Long tailed tit, nature, pigeon, Rat, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland | 8 Comments

If you go down to the woods today… January

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

January’s ‘If you go down to the woods today’…… in just over 50 words. If you go down to the woods today listen to the ice crunch or the mud squelch underfoot. Look through the bare branches as zephyrs of … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland | Tagged Bluebells, Environment, If you go down to the woods today, Long tailed tit, nature, Treecreeper, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodland | 2 Comments

Big Garden Bird Watch 2017

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Setting up my chair in the kitchen with the doors open to the garden, my camera, my notepad and pen and my breakfast on the kitchen table, I was ready to beginning the annual Big Garden Birdwatch. At 8.30am the … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, garden, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, RSPB, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, birds, Blackbird, Blogging, Blue tit, Dunnock, Environment, garden, Greenfinch, House Sparrow, images, Jackdaw, Long tailed tit, nature, photography, Pied Wagtail, Robin, RSPB, wood pigeon | 2 Comments

Catching up with my garden wildlife

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s snowing. I’m sat in a classroom watching the falling snow out of the window. I can’t wait to get home. Images pour in to my head. A badger plodding through a blanket of fresh white snow in the wood. … Continue reading →