InMyOrchard

My own little wildlife haven

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@theowlwhistler Beautiful 🙂

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#wildflowerhour #orchidchallenge
Salad Burnet, Heath-spotted orchids, Common Valerian, Meadow Vetchling and another Heath spotted orchid 😀
From a rather muddy Castor Hanglands nr Peterborough

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This young male Roe deer has become a regular visitor over the last few weeks. @BritishDeerSoc @LincsWildlife @MammalWeb

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Watch to the end - Badger chasing Muntjac again! @BadgerTrust @BritishDeerSoc

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@theowlwhistler Lovely to have them so close for so long but they are probably better off at Nene washes 🙂

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@WLOL_2003 @BritishDeerSoc @LincsWildlife @Mammal_Society @MammalWeb I’m not sure! In recent weeks there have been 3 different males visiting this patch - I could tell as they had different sized antler growth. It’s the place to be, it’s seems!

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Squabbling Muntjac
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Not on my patch!
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Young Muntjac getting a spit-wash from Mum!
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A "herd" of Muntjac in the orchard!
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Blink and you'll miss it! But what is it ?! Sparrowhawk maybe?
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Yay, Redwings in the orchard 😀
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Two of the five Muntjac regularly seen in the orchard lately. Mum and daughter I think. @BritishDeerSoc @LincsWildlife @MammalWeb

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This years badger teenagers. Look at those claws!!!
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@theowlwhistler Excellent shot 🙂.

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Buckwheat for #WildflowerHour
Not really a wildflower but I saw quite a bit of this growing alongside a local field where I guess it has previously been a crop. Really pretty pale pink flowers!

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#wildflowerhour Alwasy lots to see at Swaddywell NR, nr Peterborough - Dewberry, Common Storks-bill, Yellow Toadflax, Common Ragwort, Greater Knapweed, Wild Marjoram, Common Knapweed, Travellers-Joy, Bristly ox-tongue (with carder bee)

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#wildflowerhour from Castor Hanglands NNR this weekend.
Red clover, Fleabane, Hemp-Agrimony, Harebell, Devils-bit Scabious, Common Ragwort, Meadow Sweet, Knapweed and Water mint

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#Fruits from Castor Hanglands NNR for #wildflowerhour - Acorn, Sloe (Buckthorn), Bryony, Bittersweet, Rosehips and Blackberries