Treecreeper
One day last week there was a thump on my study window, and a small bird fell onto the decking below. At first I thought it was a speckled young robin, but on looking closer […]
Wildlife reports
July wildlife update
First, a composite trailcam video of recent deer footage, with: Muntjac doe and fawn Fine muntjac buck, and showing Oakley Wood at its best Nighttime visit of two fallow does with male suitor Particularly splendid-looking […]
Wildlife update
Here are some video clips snapped by the trailcam over the last few months. Roe deer, February Muntjac, April Fallow deer, May Badger, May Muntjac mother and fawn, May (Hint: click outside the popup window […]
AI bird recognition in Oakley Wood
Recording bird sounds in the wood promises to widen our knowledge of its bird life.
2024 – a record year for species
… by which I mean that we made a record of species observed for 2024! Whether it was a record year we have no idea since there are no previous records to compare with. Recording […]
Fungi Galore!
On Sunday 6 October our planned fungi walk took place in Oakley Wood, and by all accounts was a great success. We were fortunate to have as the leaders Dave Champion and Francisco Verenciano, the […]
The big guys are back!
Fallow deer are again in Oakley Wood and captured by our camera. I’ve put together a video to show the dramatic difference in size between muntjac, roe and fallow deer, all captured from the same […]
Merlin – the “wizard” bird app
I’ve been making more use of a bird recognition app and been rather impressed by it. It’s called Merlin and produced by Cornell Labs in the USA. It has three of ways of helping to […]
Logs Seats and Butterflies
The results of the poll where we asked about seating in the wood are in, and almost unanimously opinion is for the natural solution: log seats. In reality, this is probably all we were likely […]
Trailcam update 11 – a year by the pond
This latest video of trailcam clips is set in the context of how the water level in the pond varies over the course of a year (the only sounds on the video are the natural […]