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Day 19 – 30 Days Wild – Rainbow
Amazing rainbow over the garden this evening
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Day 12 – 30 Days Wild – Clouds
Clouds
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30 Days Wild – Day 3 – Petrichor
Today the wind direction changed and the rain showers arrived. Although the temperature dropped by around 10 degrees and the rain showers were on and off all day it wasn’t enough rain to make a difference to the local wildlife. … Continue reading
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Day 25 of 30 Days Wild – Water
With the weather forecast for the week ahead full of sunny, dry days and temperatures around Oxfordshire of 26 to 28 degrees, it is important to put of water for birds and animals. It doesn’t have to be an expensive … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged Blogging, collared dove, Environment, garden, nature, photography, pigeon, Roe deer, thunderstorm, Weather, wildlife
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30 Days Wild – Day 2
Cloud watching The sky is ever changing, when I woke this morning the sky was blue with white wispy clouds and trails from aeroplanes called contrails. A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days Wild, Blogging, Buzzard, cirrus cloud, clouds, Environment, images, nature, photography, thermals, Weather, wildlife
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Sounds of thunder, Day 16 – 30 Days Wild
I tried yesterday to record the sounds of thunder as the storm passed over my garden, but failed, the rain was too loud in the microphone. The weather forecast said it would thunder again this afternoon and they were right. … Continue reading
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Walk in the rain, Day 7 – 30 Days Wild
I hadn’t planned a walk in the rain but just as we were leaving to go out a massive thunder storm started. The lightning, thunder and hailstones continued for about 30 minutes. I couldn’t help thinking about the leverets in … Continue reading
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Foggy evening
Walking around the field, the fog was falling as quickly as the light was fading. Lines of fog drifted across the field, gathering where the vegetation was higher. Everything seemed different and familiar trees now unrecognisable. The Hares and Deers … Continue reading
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Tagged mammals, nature, outdoors, Spring, Weather, wildlife, Woods
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