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Diary entries documenting my wildlife projects, ideas and encounters....

Sep 9, 2016

A Special Glimpse of a Snoozing Badger

We are slowly getting closer to our dream of getting badgers to take up residence in our artificial sett at Yew View. It is almost a year...

Sep 2, 2016

An ‘Otterly’ great week at Yew View

I can hardly believe it is September…. summer was definitely still hanging on at Yew View with warm and sunny conditions, although trees...

Aug 24, 2016

Otter supper and Green woodpecker Glory….

It was a glorious day at Yew View, with the warm sunshine encouraging insects to make the mot of the last nectar sources. The Southern...

Aug 12, 2016

More August Yew View beauties!

The Sparrowhawk footage I uploaded yesterday was not the only footage I captured from another summer week at Yew View. The kingfishers...

Aug 11, 2016

Yew View Sparrowhawk catches a bat!

Sometimes, the footage I capture at Yew View just amazes me! With cameras recording 24-7, we often film wildlife events that I feel are...

Aug 7, 2016

Badgers take a snooze in our sett!

Over the last month or so, the badgers have been showing more interest in our artificial sett and last week, we had the first significant...

Aug 2, 2016

Otters on the River Severn – Filming with Midlands Today

We have worked hard over the last year, to capture footage of otters around Yew View. From setting Bushnells all along the river bank, to...

Jul 31, 2016

Wood ducks, Tawny owl, Stoat and Buzzard-eating Badger!

Another week of great clips from Yew View! With us heading towards August, more fledglings hit the skies above the site, as our swallows...

Jul 24, 2016

Are the Badgers thinking of moving in?

Last November, we built a rather special badger sett on site at Yew View. You can read more about it HERE. With HD cameras, INSIDE the...

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...

Jul 16, 2016

Creating a Floating Yew View Otter Cam Platform

As you may remember, some weeks ago now, a sudden dramatic rise in the River Severn overnight meant we lost a wired HD camera and a...

Jul 10, 2016

Another swallow family, post visitors and rodent munchers…

A busy day at Yew View this week making some repairs to some cables that had been gnawed and planning the floating otter cam platform! We...

Jun 30, 2016

#30DaysWild – Day 30 A Yew View catch-up!

Well, what with me away in Shetland for 10 days, it has been over 2 weeks since I have been at Yew View. As you can imagine, with all the...

Jun 8, 2016

#30DaysWild – Day 8 Wildlife Footage overload at Yew View!

Since, I was in Ireland last week, I had two weeks of footage from some 25 cameras to catch up with this week! Yew View is always full 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...

May 21, 2016

Tawny Predates Jackdaw Chicks

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SCENES OF PREDATION Our Tawny Box at Yew View was set up 2 years ago and the resident tawny pair have shown a...

May 7, 2016

Yew View nests, Kingfishers & Hedgehogs!

There is SO much happening at Yew View that it is difficult to keep up! The warm weather has really kicked things into action and our bee...

May 1, 2016

Exciting Yew View Otter Update!

We have been getting some great Bushnell footage from the otter holt at Yew View. After the last flood that meant we lost two trail cams...

Apr 25, 2016

An Insect Haven planted with Wildflower Turf

Yew View is a fantastic site for wildlife… but that has not just happened on its own… the owners have worked hard to create a range of...

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