May ‘NestEnders’ update in my patch
As we near the end of May, we begin to move out of the busiest nesting period in my garden. Most of my cameras are on tit boxes and I...
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Apr 27, 2016
New Life Growing in my Patch…
Thought I would squeeze in a quick update from my patch! I have been really busy over the last few weeks and, although I have been...
Apr 1, 2016
It’s April and Nest Box Activity is on the Increase……
My interest in wildlife and cameras started with a nest box camera kit some 8 years ago and I’ve been hooked ever since! I have numerous...
Mar 16, 2016
Nest Box Activity increasing….
This is always a busy time in my garden, as I start getting activity in my camera nest boxes. I have watched this whole process lots of...
Jun 8, 2014
Wildlife Activity… too much footage to cope with!!
I love filming and recording and documenting what is happening in my garden, but it does sometimes mean that I have so much footage, I...
Apr 21, 2014
Easter Nest Box Update
Here we are in the middle of April already….. and the birds are all in to the swing of nesting. The jackdaws in the bridle path nest box...
Mar 22, 2014
Nest Box Update
It has been pretty busy here in my patch… trying to get all my nest box and cams sorted and working well for the season. Some of my boxes...
Jun 2, 2013
Blackbird Nest Drama
I have been really pleased with my blackbird nest cam as I have been getting lovely views of the nest. The nest is also low enough for me...
May 31, 2013
More new babies in the WildlifeKate Patch!
It has been quite a week for hatching in my patch! On the 29th, the female was paying a lot of attention to her eggs and I saw the first...
May 12, 2013
An mega update from the WildlifeKate Patch!
Another week simply flies past and activity has really accelerated in the garden. Not only is everything starting to grow at an amazing...
Apr 14, 2013
A busy week of school planting, nocturnal animals, ponds, nest boxes and garden survey!
Thus week has absolutely flown past…… I have been in school for four of my five days. The beginning of the week was at Michael Drayton,...
Mar 28, 2013
My first nesting material!
Despite it being very cold and snow still on the ground, all five of my wired nest boxes have been getting visitors. At the moment, I am...
Mar 24, 2013
March winds…. and a lot of snow
Every now and then we get a glimpse of Spring; a reminder that we will eventually leave the cold and wet weather behind us, we get a...
Mar 3, 2013
New Nest Boxes and ‘Prickly Diner’ go live
It has been a busy weekend! I wanted to get all my nest boxes up and ready for the new season as the blue and great tits are already...
Feb 17, 2013
Nest Box Weekend
With a lovely weekend of clear skies and sun, I have made the most of it and attempted to get all my nest boxes sorted for the new...
Apr 8, 2012
Easter Update
The blue tits in the patio nest box have been really busy over the last few days and built just about the whole nest! Yesterday, they...
Apr 5, 2012
A new nest box goes live!
A few months ago, I put up a new nest box… one which was a little different to anything else I have used before. It is a box produced by...
Apr 3, 2012
Side box action and fox cub potential!
The weather was lovely on Tuesday morning, so I was out in the garden to do a bit of tidying up before the predicted cold spell hit. With...
Feb 23, 2012
Nest box activity hots up!
With temperatures rising to a heady 16 degrees today, I knew there would be a lot of nest box activity! I was delighted to see interest...
Jan 22, 2012
Sneak preview of some of my new nest boxes
I have been working on a range of new nest boxes for this spring to bring really great pictures of birds raising their families. I...
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