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 […]
Trail cam
Post from the trail cam
A Happy New Year for 2024
I missed getting out a Christmas greeting, but – as they say – a Happy New Year to all our readers! There’s been lots of rain lately and the new paths in the wood are […]
New Wildlife Camera – RIP
Sadly, after returning from a holiday I visited the wood to collect the camera SD card – only to discover that the new camera had been stolen. This is the second camera we’ve lost. This […]
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 […]
Where has the wildlife gone?
As most of you will know, we have a trail camera in the wood. This has been positioned at the pond in the SW of the wood for some time, as this tends to be […]
Trailcam Video 10 Spring 2022
As promised, finally, some more video from the trail camera. The camera has been parked at the pond for some time as it’s probably the most reliable place to capture the wood’s wildlife, so all […]
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 […]
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 […]