Deer in Oakley Wood
I first became interested in the deer in Oakley Wood one day in 2013 when I was lucky enough to come across a roe deer during the day that I managed not to spook during […]
Trail cam
Post from the trail cam
Trailcam – R.I.P.
Yesterday I went to the wood to change the memory card in the trail camera – and found it gone. I’ve always admitted that whatever security precautions I took, they would be unlikely to defeat […]
Trailcam update 8: Lockdown
COVID-19 lockdown has supposed to have been good for wildlife because we’ve been keeping out of its way. That’s only really been true for urban wildlife, for more people have been visiting (and discovering) the […]
Tawny Owls
Over the last year the camera has increasingly caught glimpses of an owl at the pond, and the carefully repositioned camera has captured it on its favourite perch. It turns out to be the place […]
The Pond
The pond in the south-west corner of Oakley Wood is a valuable resource for wildlife, and so we should take care to leave it undisturbed.
Secrets of the Wood
Here is the video “Secrets of the Wood” that was shown at the AGM on 7th March 2018. It runs for 18 minutes, and because of upload limitations it’s had to be split into two […]
Trailcam update 7
In this update the camera was not far the Crematorium, staking out a tree that looked like it was getting some attention from deer. This turned out to be true, and there was lots of […]
Trailcam update 6
The trailcam has captured quite a bit of video over the summer, and I’ve had to split the clip compilations in two because I don’t have enough memory in my computer for the video editor […]
Trail Camera update 2017/03/31
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted any material from the trail cam. The main reason is that, apart from the occasional technical glitch, battery failure or human error, it’s mostly been more of […]
Trail Camera update 3
It’s been a while since I last posted a trail cam update, largely because it’s been a pretty barren period with nothing much to report. Since the last update I moved the camera to another […]