Yew View updates October 2021
I felt it was about time I gave a Yew View update! At this time of year, lots is going on to get cameras and nest sites ready for next...
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Jan 13, 2021
Squirrels vs Tawny Owls... plus Kingfisher Delights!
When I returned to Yew View after the Christmas break, the site had suffered floods again from the River Severn. This is a common...
Nov 28, 2020
Kingfisher Jewels
I was excited to see if the kingfisher had been back this week. Instead of the male, the female visited on two occasions this week. You...
Nov 20, 2020
Kingfishers and Grey Wagtail Beauties
I have recently installed a new camera on a post on the edge of the Yew View wildlife pond. I have been filming the visits onto this...
Jul 23, 2019
The Kingfishers are back!
For the last few years, we have had regular kingfisher visitor to the wildlife pond at Yew View. This winter, however, they stopped...
Oct 23, 2017
Kingfisher Delights… plus otters & tawnies
I was keen to get back to check the DSLR camera trap. I had made some minor adjustments to it last week after a fairly successful first...
Oct 13, 2017
First Yew View kingfisher captures with the DSLR camera trap
Last week, I mentioned on my blog, that I had set my DSLR camera trap up on the kingfisher post at Yew View. This post is on the wildlife...
Oct 11, 2017
My YewView Kingfisher Challenge and a Tussock moth beauty
It was a beautiful Autumnal day at YewView and, with all the leaves changing and the sun lower in the sky, the colours were gorgeous…...
Jul 17, 2017
Lots of Kingfisher Post Activity!
The kingfisher post at Yew View is an example of how, if you monitor one good spot for over a year, it can provide an incredible number...
Jan 21, 2017
Has the Yew View Polecat taken up residency?
The camera footage this week at Yew View suggests that our polecat has chosen this area as its territory as I captured quite a lot of...
Dec 19, 2016
Kingfisher watch, snuggling mice and tawny stump potential…
I was keen to get back this week to see how the Tawny Stump was looking. Even with testing at ground level with lights and the camera,...
Oct 23, 2016
Exciting Sleepover in our Sett!
Almost a year ago now, we built our badger sett and we are really starting to see some serious action in there! I had predicted it would...
Jul 24, 2016
Green Woodpeckers, Swallows, Pied Wagtails and a new otter cam!
With the sun shining and YewView looking amazing, my main aim this week was to get the otter cam installed. I always like to do a...
Jul 16, 2016
Swallow chicks growing fast!
It amazes me how quickly swallow chicks grow. From their heads just popping above the nest last week, I was greeted with a frenzy of...
May 25, 2016
Yew View May Update… otter, kingfisher, harvest mice & daylight badgers…
With lots of great footage from Yew View, it is taking me longer to process and edit it all. This week’s update includes highlights from...
Apr 11, 2016
Kingfishers, Newts, Owls & Worms ….
Having so many cameras at Yew View means that we often capture really interesting behaviour… behaviour that is probably rarely seen, let...
Mar 22, 2016
A Mandarin makes a visit….
Not quite the Spring day I had hoped for at Yew View this week, with the low, grey cloud persisting just about all day and obscuring any...
Feb 6, 2016
Tawny visits, Redpoll & Harvest Mouse Parties!
There is SO much going on at Yew View, it can be a challenge, in 1 day, to collect all the footage, set up Bushnells for the following...
Jan 30, 2016
Bulrush + Bushnell + patience = Kingfisher!
About a month ago, I decided to set a new perch for the Kingfishers at YewView. I had got some super Bushnell trail cam footage from a...
Dec 26, 2015
Latest Yew View Kingfisher captures…
I have been experimenting with some new perches for our Yew View kingfisher and they took pretty readily to this new one. The weather has...
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