Badger Cub Joy..... to Badger Cub Sorrow
In 2015, I built an artificial badger sett at Yew View, with the help of Jason from Wildlife Windows. It was an amazing project and I...
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Feb 13, 2021
Find some track... set a trail camera!
I am a big trail cam addict! I absolutely love them and have them set here there and everywhere! For those who don't know, a trail camera...
Feb 3, 2021
Kingfisher post..... without a kingfisher!
Last week, we had quite a lot of action on the kingfisher post.... but not with kingfishers! The River Severn is in flood and half the...
Jan 17, 2021
Supporting Farmland Birds
Part of the site at Yew View, where we have built the large new wildlife pond, is bordered by farmland. Mixed hedges and brambles form...
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...
Dec 3, 2020
Strix and Aluco meet on the balcony!
As it looks like our tawny pair are going to nest in one of the two Yew View boxes, as they have the last few years, I have decided to...
Nov 28, 2020
Scratching and Stretching..... Sett Life of Peggy
Peggy, our Yew View badger has spent most of her days in the sett this week. She is appearing regularly at the feeding station and must...
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...
Jan 24, 2020
A Great Start to 2020 at Yew View – Tawny Owls & Interesting Feeding Station Meetings!
We had a great year at Yew View last year, with lots of great wildlife and some amazing insights into the lives of our local wildlife,...
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...
Oct 10, 2019
Otter Holt Flood Alert!!
When I built the holt at Yew View, I knew it was going to flood at some point…. just didn’t think it would be quite so soon! The River...
Sep 15, 2019
The First Yew View Otter Holt Camera goes in as the Badgers move in again….
There has been quite a lot of camera maintenance to do over the last few weeks at Yew View. With so much cabling and technology, it all...
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...
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
Badger duo, Otters, Jay and Roe deer…
The rest of the wildlife at Yew View this week has been somewhat eclipsed by arrival of the Tawny owlets! After many hours of going...
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