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New nest discovery!
As nothing had used my kestrel box in its first year, I decided to move the camera down to field level to capture the foxes as they come...
Jun 27, 2010
Cubs get new names!
I can’t keep describing my cubs by their size, so they are going to be called (big) Bill, (midi) Marvin and (tiny) Tess! Watch this space...
Jun 26, 2010


We now have THREE fox cubs!
Flynn and Fern appeared at about 9pm, just as the light was fading. I saw Fern at the bottom of the field, with a small cub and managed...
Jun 26, 2010
Sad news
I went to check my cameras tonight and was extremely sad to see that my blackbird nest has been raided and all the chicks taken. I know...
Jun 26, 2010


Blackbird family update
With all the fox excitement, the poor blackbirds haven’t had an update. All the chicks are doing well and growing fast. The male is now...
Jun 25, 2010


Cubs visit up to 1am
After yesterday’s excitement, I left the camera running in the field all night, to monitor visitors. It was pretty busy up until 1am,...
Jun 25, 2010


Fox update!!! Cubs visit feeding station!!!!
Excuse the extreme use of exclamation marks, but at about 10pm tonight, Flynn appeared at the feeding station, with a tiny cub!!! I am so...
Jun 24, 2010


Foxes visit…. but not with cubs
The last two nights, Fern and Flynn have visited, but have not bought the cubs back yet…. I am sure they will, but so wish I had had my...
Jun 24, 2010


Jackdaws
I put a little food out in the middle of the field, hoping to lure Fern closer, but of course the corvids discovered it! They are very...
Jun 24, 2010
Hedgehog visitors
The hedgehog now seems to be a regular visitor to the fox feeding staion now! I went to retrieve my camera last night at 9.30pm and it...
Jun 23, 2010


Golden evening with my fox family
I have, tonight, had a most amazing evening with my foxes! It was a lovely evening, so I set my camera up in the hedge at the feeding...
Jun 22, 2010


Three blackbird chicks!
Glad to see that three of the eggs have hatched and the chicks are all gaping and being fed regularly by the female…. didn’t monitor all...
Jun 21, 2010


First fox shots from my new hide
At 7pm, I went out into my newly built hide… perfect… apart from two horses standing right in front, trying to work out why on earth I...
Jun 21, 2010


New fox hide
I decided to build a small ‘hide’ today, so I can sit out on the edge of the field to, hopefully, get some better pictures of Flynn and...
Jun 20, 2010


The blackbird eggs start to hatch!
I came up to check on my blackbird camera this afternoon and was delighted to see that two tiny chicks had hatched! I think I can see...
Jun 20, 2010
First sighting of a hedgehog!
I have lived here for nearly 13 years and have never seen a hedgehog in the garden. I was just about to go to bed the other night and I...
Jun 20, 2010


Little Owls!
I was lucky enough to get to photograph a family of little owls yesterday. The two chicks have just fledged so the family are quite...
Jun 20, 2010


Mr B makes an appearance!
After commenting yesterday that I had seen nothing of the male, he appeared briefly today when the female left the nest. He had a good...
Jun 18, 2010
Fern Video
I had another go at videoing Fern…. not ideal set up…. camera resting on window sill, but I saw her sitting on the edge of the field and...
Jun 18, 2010
Still sitting tight
Mrs B is still sitting tight. She kept standing up and looking underneath today and I was starting to think that maybe the eggs were...
Jun 16, 2010


Bird feeder camera
I took the camera out of the mousecam box as it did not have IR and I wanted to be able to watch them at night. The camera I have now put...
Jun 16, 2010


Mouse and slug encounter
I have moved some of my cameras around so they are not sitting idle, I took the camera out of the odd box, as I do not think anything is...
Jun 16, 2010


First good photos of Flynn
Although Fern visits the feeding station every night, Flynn tends to come after dusk, so I do not see him quite as much. Last night,...
Jun 15, 2010


Mrs B Update
My blackbird is incubating her eggs, leaving only briefly to feed. I managed to get a screen shot showing that she has at least three...
Jun 13, 2010
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