May 31, 2014
by Jackson
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A few days ago my friend Archie and I were walking down the road by his house when we heard what sounded like a Great spotted Woodpecker, but it’s usual ‘tchick’ sound was repeated very loudly and very quickly. Not … Continue reading
May 30, 2014
by Jackson
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Last night we were lucky enough to be invited to the launch of the Wild Planet exhibition at Southampton’s Sea City Museum. The exhibition is a stunning showcase celebrating the last 15 years of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year … Continue reading
May 25, 2014
by Jackson
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While exploring my new temporary patch I came across a strikingly loud little brown bird in the hedge row. I took a photo of it and recorded it but wasn’t sure whether it was a nightingale or a warbler. I’m … Continue reading
May 21, 2014 by Jackson | Comments Off on Finally…a baby badger
I’ve been a bit sick for the last week or so – and haven’t been able to get out and about as much as I would like. However I put the trail cam for 24 hours at the most local badger sett to us (code named the “milk parlour” sett) and here are the results. This is my image of the week!
May 11, 2014
by Jackson
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This morning my brother and I, and my friend Tommy, took part in BirdTrail 2014 in the New Forest. It’s run by the Hampshire Ornithological Society, the RSPB and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. About 50 children … Continue reading
May 10, 2014 by Jackson | Comments Off on Great Spotted “Nutcracker”
At my friend Tom B’s house a great spotted woodpecker has shown some funny behaviour. It will grab a whole peanut from their bird feeder and put it in a crack in the post. Then it will peck at it taking small bite-size pieces from its convenient spot. Apparently now the crack is getting bigger and bigger thanks to the woodpecker. So I set up my trail cam to have a look. Here are the results and I’ve chosen this as my image of the week for this week:
To see other images of the week click here
May 4, 2014
by Jackson
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We moved house temporarily a week ago while we have some building work done at home and so our patch has changed for a while, although it is not too far away. In contrast to having the woodland across the … Continue reading