Squirrel Challenges in my Tawny Box!
This year’s tawny box at Yew View has been a real challenge this year! We had great success in this box early this year and I was keen to...
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Nov 15, 2019
Tawny footage, foxes , badgers and a lot of rain!
As we all know, it has been extremely wet of late. Yew View backs onto the River Severn, and this has been extremely high for several...
Oct 25, 2019
New Camera set-ups for the Yew View Tawny Box
Last year I recorded the best footage that I have captured so far from the Tawny box at Yew View. I used two internal cameras and one...
Jun 13, 2019
There’s Still Tawny Activity at Yew View
With my trip to Maryland, I had not been at Yew View for a few weeks, so was greatly pleased to see that I had a few more tawny clips to...
May 7, 2019
Tawny Owlet updates….. all grown up and ready to leave!
This week’s update covers the last two weeks of Tawny owlet footage. As you can imagine, there is a huge amount of footage to look...
Apr 21, 2019
Owlet dramas, as we go from three to two….
As you can imagine, there is a tremendous amount of footage to look through each week at Yew View. It is impossible to save everything...
Apr 14, 2019
Our Owlets are growing fast!!
When I turned up at Yew View this week, I was straight up to the office and I simply could not believe how much the owlets had grown in a...
Apr 4, 2019
We have owlets!!!!
It has been torture… to watch ‘my’ owlets hatch on a low res feed from Yew View. I was desperate to get on site to take a look at all the...
Mar 31, 2019
Expectant Tawny Parents, Otters and a Buzzard Stare!
Tackling the M42 and M5 on a morning is never a pleasant experience, but the 2 hr commute to Yew View is always worth it, especially when...
Mar 24, 2019
Getting ready for owlets… and otters in the pond!
We are now heading towards the end of incubation in our tawny box, with the eggs due to hatch towards the end of next week. It is very...
Mar 16, 2019
Squirrel visitors in the Tawny Box and Otters in the pond!
We are now half way through incubation in the Yew View Tawny nest box and it has been a challenging week for my pair… in more ways than...
Mar 10, 2019
We have 4 tawny eggs and otters visiting almost every night!
It has been an exciting week! I have regularly been logging remotely onto the tawny box at Yew View and was delighted to see that our...
Mar 1, 2019
We have Tawny Eggs! Exciting new Tawny Footage from Yew View…
For the last two years, our Yew View tawny has laid around the 5th March. This week, when I logged remote onto the camera, I saw she had...
Feb 21, 2019
The badgers are back and it’s looking good for the tawnies!
A misty start at Yew View soon turned into a beautiful day as the sun burnt through and temperatures began to rise. With the Spring...
Feb 8, 2019
An Ottertastic and Tawnytastic week at Yew View!
This week has been an exciting one for footage as the visits by the resident otters has increased greatly. We usually get one or two...
Dec 20, 2018
Cracking Daylight Tawny Footage this week!
This week was my final week at Yew View before Christmas and I always start my day with a quick check of the cameras. I was amazed to...
Dec 16, 2018
How does a squirrel open a walnut?
The squirrel has spent a bit of time in the Yew View tawny box this week, which has given me an idea of what my footage might be like...
Dec 15, 2018
Tawny crooning ….
The tawny pair are continuing to show positive signs that they are going to nest in my nest box. With the two HD cameras giving different...
Nov 22, 2018
Marvellous Mustelids and Tawny Updates
I am getting very excited about the Tawny Box project at Yew View! If you follow my blog, then you’ll know that this pair have nested for...
Oct 13, 2018
More View View Tawny Action with Pair Now Visiting the Box!
The tawnies have been busy at the new nest box this week and I have filmed both at the box together for the first time since we put it...
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