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Life and death in the wood
For me, one of the most difficult aspects of keeping animals, watching wildlife and rescuing wildlife is coming to terms with death. Â Even though I have experienced animal death tens of times in my...
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Mr Fox caught on camera
For the last few days the wildlife camera has been positioned on the trunk of a tree about 20 meteres from the house with some ferret food scattered below it to tempt Mr Fox into view.Getting up each...
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My account of the inaugural Outdoor Bloggers Weekend
Last weekend I travelled to Edale in the Peak District for the first Outdoor Bloggers Weekend.There, I met Zoe of SplodzBlogz.co.uk for the first time after chatting over Twitter and through our blogs...
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I'm going to complete the Lyke Wake Walk Challenge
In one week's time, at 4.00am on the morning of Saturday 13th June I shall be setting off on one of the most difficult journeys I have ever faced; the Lyke Wake Walk.The Lyke Wake Walk is a 40 mile...
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Giveaway: Ring Pull bird feeder
The fantastic online garden bird food and accessories supplier, Living With Birds, is giving one of my lucky readers one of these fab Ring Pull seed bird feeders in this lovely mint colour, worth...
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30 Days Wild: My first 12 random acts of wildness
This June, the Wildlife Trusts are campaigning for everyone to spend a little time enjoying something wild each day. 30 Days Wild has boomed across Social media with hundreds of people updating their...
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30 Days Wild: The last couple of weeks
Wow. The 30 days in June zoomed by. Collating these photos has allowed me to reflect on the last two weeks of June by provoking my mind to remember what I did each day. We have completed half of the...
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Meet Magnus the magpie
If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter then you will have already been subjected to my inundation of Magnus the magpie-related posts.Magnus was a helpless, boney chick with feather quills emerging...
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What's in my walking rucksack
The 'what's in my bag' theme is particularly popular among beauty and fashion bloggers but I'm not the sort of girl who wants to know which make up mirror and lipstick brand fits neatly in to the...
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The time I went on the BBC's The One Show
 I wasn't sure whether it was a scam when I saw the email from the Assistant Producer of The One Show in my inbox at 6pm last Tuesday evening, asking if I could be on the show the next evening.A quick...
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My festival safety tips
Summer is my favourite time of the year because we have long days, warm weather (most of the time), lush green countryside and festivals.With the August Bank Holiday coming up in just a few days, I...
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What practical clothes to pack for a festival
Over the last few days I've heard the excitement from friends, colleagues and people on the internet about the exciting festivals they are heading to this weekend. With the weather report looking a but...
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The cost of weddings
The other weekend Dave and I attended the wedding of his best friend, Geoff, and his now wife, Lix, which took place in a lush green meadow in the beautiful hills close to Ripon, Yorkshire.To most, it...
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Glamping in a Shepherds Hut in the Scottish mountains
Last weekend Dave and I spent three cosy nights in this gorgeous Shepherds Hut at the foot of the Grampian Mountains of the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland.The holiday was a birthday treat from...
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Hiking Lochnagar in the Cairngorms of Scotland
Hiking Lochnagar has been on my Bucket list for as long as I can remember. The mountain rises above the royal Balmoral estate, in the Grampian Mountain of the Cairngorm National Park of Scotland.The 12...
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I should complete the Lyke Wake Walk
In June I wrote post titled ‘I'm going to complete the LykeWake Walk Challenge’.I didn’t complete it. I didn’t actually start it. The weekend of the walk had horrendous weather scheduled and Zoe of...
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Clean windows kill
A couple of weeks ago I cleaned our windows for the first time in... well, I'm not going to admit how long. Having unique windows somewhat similar to Velux windows in the way that they are in the roof...
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We rescued a baby hedgehog
Meet this cute little autumn hoglet we have rescued for the winter. My step dad Ian and our next door neighbour, Rachel, were on a walk in Skipwith Common, close to our home in East Yorkshire, where...
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The cost of dying and my trouble with 'episodic foresight'
Dying. It isn't a subject most people like to think about or discuss with their close friends and family, but it is a part of everyone's lives. We die, our family members die and our friends die. Death...
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Magnus the magpie in all his glorious plumage
Back in July I introduced Magnus the magpie here on The Thrifty Magpies Nest; a chick we hand reared form about two weeks old. He was such an ugly dinosaur-looking beast when he came to us wacky...
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