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- If you go down to the woods today – June 2018
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- If you go down to the woods today – May 2018
- First glimpse of 2018 badger cubs
- Snares and badgers
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- First Cuckoo
- South West Coast Path
- 4 trail cams, 6 nights, 6 badgers
- If you go down to the woods today – April
- Badger watching in comfort
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- Badger skull
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- Work Experience At CEH
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- Sub Zero
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- Thermal Imaging Camera
- National Nest Box Week
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- Visit to London
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- If you go down to the woods today… January
- Durlston, Dorset
- My local patch over Christmas week
- Question about Roe deer
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Guided butterfly walk
Over the weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to help out on one of Richard Lewington’s guided butterfly walks. Richard is not only fantastic at spotting and identifying butterflies but illustrating them as well. Check out his website http://www.richardlewington.co.uk/ … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Butterfly, hedgerows, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged Brimstone butterfly, Butterfly, Gatekeeper, Green-veined white, Guided walk, Large White, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, nature, Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreak, Ringlet, Silver-washed fritillary, Small Skipper, small white, speckled wood, White Admiral, wildlife, woodlands
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If you go down to the woods today – June 2018
Day 19 of 30 Days Wild was a walk around the woods. I write a 50 word account about my local woods each month for our Parish website If you go down to the woods today two plants are very … Continue reading
First Cuckoo
‘Cuck-oo – cuck-oo’. From up in the trees above the badger sett I could hear the first cuckoo of the year calling. It was difficult to work out whereabouts and in which tree this male cuckoo (only the male makes … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Blogging, Butterfly, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, plastic waste, Uk nature, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged birds, Bluebells, Celandine, comma, Cuckoo, nature, plastic waste, Primrose, Three cornered garlic, Wildflowers, wildlife, Wildlife photography, woodlands
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4 trail cams, 6 nights, 6 badgers
Short compilation of over 5 hours of trail camera footage, taken using 4 trail cameras over 6 nights, monitoring a number of entrance holes in two locations. After taking out all the hours of wood mice I was left with … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Bushnell, nature, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Arrow, Badgers, Bent tail, Bog, Bushnell, Little Acorn trail cam, nature, Pirate, Smee, Stick, trail camera, wildlife, woodlands
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If you go down to the woods today – April
If you go down to the woods today expect April showers and flowers. The brown carpet of winter has been completely replaced by vivid green, speckled with primroses and wood anemones. The first blossom of Spring has arrived quickly followed … Continue reading
Posted in Butterfly, insects, Local patch, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, Uncategorized, Wildflowers, Wildlife, Wildlife photography, Woodland
Tagged comma, Dog's mercury, If you go down to the woods today, nature, peacock butterfly, Primrose, Small tortoiseshell, Wildflowers, wildlife, Wildlife photography, wood anemone, woodlands
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Thermal Imaging Camera
Over the weekend I had a chance to borrow a thermal imaging camera. Thermal imaging works by using a special lens which focuses the infrared light emitted by all of the objects in view. The focused light is scanned by infrared-detector … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, mammals, nature, outdoors, science, Uncategorized, Woodland
Tagged Badger, dog, fox, Roe deer, science, thermal image camera, wildlife, Wood mouse, woodlands
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Badgers in February
The first two weeks in February are when badger cubs are born. There are usually 2-3 cubs in a litter, each being around 15-16cm long and weighing in at about 75-130g. The cubs will soon be covered in tiny grey … Continue reading
Posted in Badgers, Blogging, fox, Local patch, mammals, nature, outdoors, Oxfordshire, photography, trail camera, Uncategorized, Wildlife, Woodland
Tagged Badger cubs, Badger sett, Badgers, fox, nature, Oxfordshire, Roe deer, trail camera, wildlife, woodlands
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