Earlier this week I stopped the car on a dirt track country lane when I spotted a herd of wild deer grazing in a field including a couple of white Fallow deer. The herd moved back towards a fence when they saw me wielding my camera in their direction as I climbed up a bank by a hedgerow […]
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There’s something magical about exploring the woods with children after a snowfall. What if I suggested looking for wildlife and building a snowman in the woods at the same time? And if you’re wondering about this combination, I’ll explain what inspired this idea for an adventure. First of all you need woods covered in snow. Next
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Driving up a dirt country lane earlier this week, we stopped the car when we saw a field full of fallow deer. After a recent wildlife spotter adventure to observe and find out more about deer, my children were especially excited to see all the varieties of colours in this wild herd of fallow deer. We spotted dappled, light beige and dark
Dawn and dusk are the best times to spot deer. It’s during the first morning light or when the sun ebbs in the evening that Fallow deer move out of their woodland cover to graze in nearby fields or grassland. Near where we live in West Sussex there’s an ideal area for deer spotting – we had seen
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We went for a walk in the woods. A late afternoon after school – just the kids and me. We were back in England and no longer in the Hamptons in the US of A. A pond marked the entrance to the woods. A lone Water Lily standing proud in the water’s reflections. The sunlight
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We’re moving to a new home in the Hamptons this week and one thing I will miss is the constant show put on by the wildlife in my garden. And in the field and small copse behind the fence. I was just sitting outside on my porch and watched two squirrels, two chipmunks, a turtle,
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