Nyx is a month old now and is almost ready to leave our nest box and face the outside world. The clips from this last week show how her...

If you have been watching the live tawny cam over the last few weeks, you will have also been amazed at the incredible growth rate of...

After asking for suggestions of names for our tawny owlet, I was flooded with loads of amazing suggestions. DJ (the owner of Yew View)...

I can't believe a week has passed and our owlet is now just over a week old. Sadly, the other egg did not hatch, so we just have a single...

When I visited Yew View yesterday, I was hoping that one of the eggs would hatch, as we had reached the 30 day incubation period. An...

Over the last few weeks, I have been noticing quite a few reed buntings at Yew View. Over the last couple of years, we have been feeding...

This morning, whilst out walking Wren, I spotted something on the field, close to my home. It was a dead tawny owl. By the condition of...

At this time of year, everything kicks off in my garden as Spring starts to take hold and my nest boxes start to have visitors. This...

Aluco has spent another week incubating in the nest box. We are just over half way through the incubation period. She leaves the nest box...

Several years ago, I mounted a little clay nesting teapot in the ivy on my trellis. I had forgotten about it as nothing has ever nested...

The last few weeks have been pretty exciting regarding Strix and Aluco, our Yew View tawny pair. On the Feb 20th, Aluco laid her first...

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...

When I went to Yew View this week, it was clear from the footage I lifted, that Strix and Aluco, our tawny owls, were ramping things up...

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...

Things are definitely looking promising on the Tawny front at Yew View. The female (Aluco) is now staying in the box during the day,...

Sometimes it is really good to get really close to your wildlife subject and this little Hikvision covert cam is great for that. It is a...

I am really hoping that the Yew View tawny box goes according to plan this year! This pair have bred here for the last four years,...

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...

As always, Big Garden Birdwatch is an important weekend for me. In fact every day is Big Garden Birdwatch in my world, but this weekend...

Since, the first lockdown, Chris Packham and his step daughter, Megan McCubbin, have been creating shows and live streaming fab content...

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...

When I returned to Yew View after the Christmas break, the site had suffered floods again from the River Severn. This is a common...

Today has been the most magical of conditions. It's not very often we get snow like this, but today was just wonderful! Working from home...

In the early Autumn I was approached by one of the researchers on BBC's The One Show. They wanted to create a fun Christmas feature and...