Elephant Hawk Moth
I came across a dead elephant hawk moth on one of the rides yesterday. Quite spectacular. They are apparently relatively common, but nocturnal, which maybe why I’ve never seen one before. They feed on […]
Wildlife reports
Dawn Chorus
In the latest RSPB magazine “Nature’s Home”, Simon Barnes encourages us to go out and listen to the dawn chorus. Unfortunately this means getting up and out very early. So at 04:57 on Easter Sunday, […]
A Spring walk with my camera
It’s a beautiful morning and I’ve come to the wood to collect the memory card from the trail camera. I park at the south-east corner of the wood. As I enter, barely twelve steps in, […]
Woodland Walk
Karl Curtis from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust led an Autumn walk on Saturday Nov. 10th. It was a fine bright morning, but sadly people must have decided to go to the shops whilst they are still […]
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 […]
Autumn walk
Karl Curtis from our Warwickshire Wildlife Trust recently led a guided walk around Oakley Wood, talking about woodland management. Read Liz Sheehan’s report of the event.
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 […]
Trail Camera update 2
Before I moved the camera I switched it to take pictures rather than video, and then left it for a few weeks to see if it would capture some better quality images. Lots of pictures resulted – mostly […]
Trail Camera update
I moved the camera and suddenly was capturing lots of animal activity! It turned out that I’d accidentally placed it near a wild cherry tree – it seems that everything likes cherries. So with all this […]
Fox family
A few weeks ago I watched a fox family who had a den on the edge of the wood looking out onto the Ashorne field. They have gone now as the cubs grew but I […]