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What is this bird????
Whilst having an early morning walk along the coast by Salthouse, I came across this lone bird….. can anyone help me to identify it? Is...
Sep 5, 2010


Holkham National Nature Reserve
‘Holkham is the most extensive, diverse and dramatic nature reserve on a coastline famous for nature reserves. Windswept tidelines, a...
Sep 5, 2010


Norfolk Kingfisher Encounter
We got up at dawn on the Wednesday, to visit a site down near Cley where barn owls hunt. We arrived at the site at about 5am, just as the...
Sep 5, 2010
Norfolk holiday update
I didn’t manage to update my blog for the last few days in Norfolk….. out hunting for barn owls in the evenings and then off to bed for...
Sep 5, 2010


Norfolk Break: Monday
Today we visited the nearby Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve. This reserve was created by the Hawk and Owl Trust to protect and enhance the...
Aug 30, 2010


Norfolk Break: Sunday
The day dawned grey and very blustery, but we headed to the coast to Cley Marshes. NWT Cley Marshes is Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s oldest...
Aug 30, 2010
Norfolk Break: Saturday
I did not think I would be able to update my blog whilst I was on my break in Norfolk, but thanks to an O2 Laptop dongle, I now have...
Aug 30, 2010
Garden Species Count
Been a bit quiet on the blog front for the last week or so… have been away and busy on other projects soon to be announced! At the...
Aug 25, 2010
Bird Fair Friday
Had a trip out to the Bird Fair at Rutland yesterday…. great event with lots to see. Weather just about held out, but was wet underfoot...
Aug 21, 2010
Cubs squabbling Video
The video finally uploaded… these cubs have grown so much. Fern also makes an appearance at the start, but does not get much of a look in!
Aug 18, 2010


Filming IR camera feed
All three cubs were back tonight, squabbling over some tasty chicken morsels left over from tea. I can create video clips using...
Aug 17, 2010


Fox cub fights
All three cubs turned up at the feeding station tonight and there was a lot of squabbling! They are almost impossible to tell apart now,...
Aug 16, 2010


Bird Bonanza
I have been away to London for a few days, but have returned to a bird bonanza in the garden. The feeders are so busy at the moment…. I...
Aug 16, 2010
Tess, Marvin and Fern… new video
Here is a quick video, consisting of 3 clips I filmed recently. The first cub is Tess…. growing up fast, but the same pointed face and...
Aug 11, 2010


Flynn discovers peanut feast!
Another badger free night…. but Flynn, as well as hedgehogs and squirrels etc soon munched their way through the peanuts! Interestingly,...
Aug 11, 2010


Hedgehog….squirrel….bank vole….mouse…… but no badgers
Another badger free night on ‘badger’ cam! Plenty of visitors taking advantage of the peanut feast though… hedgehogs, squirrel, plus...
Aug 10, 2010


Cinnabars
I had spotted some ragwort and cinnabar caterpillars over the weekend, so nipped out this afternoon to take a few pictures. The...
Aug 10, 2010


Still no stripey visitors!
Another night, with no evidence of badgers on the cam. Maybe they only came foraging this far as the ground was so hard… now it has...
Aug 9, 2010


Now we have THREE!
I have just spent the last hour or so watching my fox camera… (still nothing on badger cam!) and as I watched the cubs come and feed my...
Aug 8, 2010
Badgers and butterflies
I set the badger cam up again last night, hoping for some action overnight… something had definitely had a good root around whilst I was...
Aug 8, 2010


Wow, we have grown!
I have just returned from a week away in wet and windy Cornwall and I have really missed my wildlife watching in the garden. A neighbour...
Aug 8, 2010
No badgers yet…..
I rushed up this morning to watch the footage from my new camera….. I think the local mouse population could not believe their luck…....
Aug 1, 2010


Not a pigeon… but a stock dove!
I was reading up on these birds and was interested to discover that the squabs feed on a milky secretion from the lining of the adult’s...
Jul 31, 2010


EXCITING NEWS!!!! Mystery ‘Visitors’
I have been a bit fed up in the garden recently…. I have been blaming my ‘free range’ hens who are allowed out in the garden during the...
Jul 31, 2010
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