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Badger trails
The crops have been harvested and the wild flower meadow cut leaving telltale signs of the badgers foraging paths from over the summer. Badgers will use the same paths for generations. It is not just badgers that weave their way … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, fox, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Autumn, Badger, Buzzard, fieldcraft, fox, H3, Muntjac, nature, Roe deer, trail, trail camera, wildlife
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Day 6 – Listening to thunder
Today has been a complete mixture of weather. Starting with heavy rain, followed by patches of sunshine. After school the wind picked up and the rain started again. I really felt for the pigeon nesting in our garden, it was … Continue reading
Posted in 30 Days Wild, birds, Blogging, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Thunder storm, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Weather, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, collared dove, Environment, garden, nature, photography, pigeon, Roe deer, thunderstorm, Weather, wildlife
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Spring mammals
I’ve spent a lot of time each evening with the Roe deer over the past week. As the sun sets it is such an amazing sight to watch as each ray casts a golden light through what will become a … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blogging, Environment, Hares, images, nature, photography, Roe deer, Spring, Sunset, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox, the time when the hours of day and night are equal and in the Northern hemisphere it marks the first day of the astronomical Spring. Although with todays wind and rain, together with the forecast of colder weather … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife
Tagged Badger sett, Badgers, flowers, Ground Beetle, Hawthorn, Roe deer, Spring, Spring Eqinox, Time, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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My local patch Mid March
Out walking over the weekend I came across a herd of Fallow deer, I only catch sight of them once or twice a year but it is always a special sight when I do. There are two Fallow deers that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, insects, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Blackthorn, Blogging, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Environment, Fallow deer, Hare, images, nature, photography, Roe deer, Small tortoiseshell, Spring, Treecreeper, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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First Days Of March
The first of March is the beginning of the meteorological Spring, in the shelter from the wind and with the sunshine this afternoon, the air held the promise of warmer days to come. Across my local patch, the farmers are busy … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Rural life, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged birds, Blogging, Environment, farmland, images, nature, photography, red kite, Roe deer, Spring, wildlife, Wildlife photography
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