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Connections
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
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Competition time: Kennedy Wild Bird Food Giveaway
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
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Garden wildlife – Part 3 Long tailed tit
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
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Big Garden Bird Watch 2020
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
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Busy garden
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
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Best Big Garden Bird Watch so far
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
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Hide in the snow
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
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If you go down to the woods today… January
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
Big Garden Bird Watch 2017
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
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Catching up with my garden wildlife
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
Posted in birds, Blogging, garden, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter
Tagged Blogging, collared dove, Crow, Environment, fox, garden, images, Long tailed tit, nature, photography, Pied Wagtail, Rat, winter
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