Tag Archives: winter

Busy garden during the cold weather

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With the past few weeks of very cold weather the garden has become quite busy with animals looking for food and water. Most birds and small mammals live very close to the edge during the winter months and a few … Continue reading →

Posted in Badgers, birds, Birdsy, Blogging, fox, garden, Get Your Boots On, mammals, Uncategorized, Wildlife | Tagged Badger, Deer, fieldfare, fox, garden wildlife, Otter, trail camera, winter | 2 Comments

Starling murmurations Brighton pier

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Brighton is one of the more commonly known places to go to watch Starling murmurations. Of course, the murmurations vary each day and it is luck as to whether you catch a large murmuration or not. It can depend on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Blogging, Books, coast, Environment, Get Your Boots On, nature, outdoors, photography, Stay Wild, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged birds, Blogging, Books, Brighton, Brighton palace pier, coast, Environment, nature, nature photography, sea, starling murmuration, Starlings, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | 5 Comments

Winter Sleep – Book review

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

With the Starlings gathering on the wires, the harvest over and the evenings getting darker earlier, winter is not far away, here on my local patch. Winter sleep by Alex Morss and Sean Taylor is a great way to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Blogging, Books, Environment, Local patch, nature, Uncategorized, winter | Tagged Books, Environment, Hibernation, wildlife, winter | Leave a comment

Snow day 2019

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Yesterday we had a snowday. School was cancelled, mainly because my school is on a hill and the buses are unable to get up the hill when it snows. Getting out in the snow it was interesting to see which … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, birds, Blogging, Environment, Local patch, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged Dunnock, footprints, husky, nature, red kite, Robin, snow, sunrise, trails, wildlife, winter | 2 Comments

Finding time for wildlife

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Going through primary school and the lower years of secondary school I always found it really easy to find time to watch wildlife. Actually I didn’t ‘make’ time, the time was just there because I didn’t have any other pressures. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Badgers, Blogging, fox, garden, mammals, nature, outdoors, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged Badger, exams, fox, garden wildlife, mammals, nature, Oxfordshire, pond, time management, trail camera, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | 12 Comments

It’ll soon be the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Alex White - Appletonwild

This weekend is the 2019 Big Garden Bird Watch. I’ve taken part each year for the past few years and it’s a really good excuse to sit uninterrupted and watch wildlife for an hour. You can find out more and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, birds, Books, Every child wild, garden, Local patch, nature, RSPB, Uncategorized | Tagged Big Garden Bird watch, birds, Blogging, Blue tit, Dunnock, garden, Jackdaw, Robin, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | 3 Comments

Sparrow Roost

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

The House sparrow number in my garden have been steadily growing over the past couple of years. Every evening about 12 of them roost in a laurel tree in my garden. I thought I would do something different and record … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, winter | Tagged birds, Environment, House Sparrow, Roost, Sound recording, wildlife, winter | 3 Comments

Afterschool

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It’s nearly a month since Winter Solstice and it is definitely more noticeable that the sun is setting later. This time last month the sun was setting around 3.45pm. Today it set at roughly 4.30pm. This has meant that I … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Blogging, Citizen science, Fungi, nature, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter, Woodland | Tagged BBC Wildlife magazine, Big Garden Bird watch, Blogging, Dunnock, Environment, Fieldfares, Fungi, Local patch, Sunset, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | 7 Comments

Starling murmurations at Otmoor

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

It was 3.15pm, we had been walking around Otmoor for the past two hours. The weather was cold and windy, the ground a mixture of ice and squelching mud. Even with 3 pairs of socks on each step I took … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Citizen science, nature, Nature reserve, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, RSPB, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | Tagged amazing nature, birds, Citizen science, nature, Otmoor, Oxfordshire, starling murmuration, Starlings, wildlife, Wildlife photography, winter | 20 Comments

Bullfinches

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Alex White - Appletonwild

Over the past couple of years I’ve noticed an increase in the number of Bullfinches on my local patch. I’m not sure whether there are actually more or whether I just notice them more often because UK Bullfinch populations have … Continue reading →