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Harvest mice
Last weekend I was supposed to be going out to help survey Harvest mice nests, but with the large amount of rain during the previous few days the survey was postponed until the following day, which I couldn’t make. I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, Get Your Boots On, mammals, nature, Nature Books, science, Stay Wild, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged Citizen science, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Harvest mouse, longworth trap, mammals, Nature Books, survey, Volunteer, wildlife books
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Hazel Hill Wood
Recently I had the chance to visit the magical Hazel Hill Wood Hazel Hill wood, near Salisbury, is a 70 acre ancient woodland plus wildflower meadow. The setting is completely off the grid with electricity from photo-voltaic systems, compost toilets, running … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Citizen science, mammals, nature, outdoors, survey, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Fallow deer, Fungi, Hare, Hazel Hill Wood, mammals, Muntjac, nature, Roe deer, Salisbury, Staghorn fungi, survey, wildlife
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Small mammal survey 2018
Last weekend I joined Oxfordshire mammal group on a morning of checking and collecting Longworth traps. Longworth traps are used in small mammal surveying. They are laid in areas with vegetation and baited with apple for moisture, bird seeds and … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blogging, Environment, Local patch, mammals, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, survey, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography
Tagged bank vole, common shrew, mammals, nature resrve, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire mammal group, pygmy shrew, small mammal survey, survey, wildlife, Wildlife photography, Wood mouse
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Small mammal surveying
Early Sunday morning (too early) meant meeting up at a site in Oxford to take part in a Small mammal survey training session with the Oxon Mammal group. The site is a designated ‘Local wildlife site’ and the owners wanted … Continue reading
Bird survey in the local woods
The wood conservation group I belong to does regular bird surveys in the wood. Here are the results from yesterday. Robin, Crow, Wood pigeon, Green Woodpecker, Wren, Great Tit, Raven, Red Kite, Buzzard, Blue tit, Great spotted woodpecker, Long tailed … Continue reading
Posted in birds, nature, outdoors, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Autumn, birds, Buzzard, Citizen science, Long tailed tit, Marsh tit, nature, outdoors, red kite, survey, wildlife, woodpecker, Woods
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