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Odd box update
I am still having less interest in this box than the oak tree one, but the house sparrow male was in the garden again today, but he...
Mar 24, 2010


Have they started?
Have the blue tits finally actually started building their nest? I caught a couple of bits of footage today of them bringing some moss...
Mar 24, 2010


Nestbox update
The oak tree box is still leading the way in terms of number of visitors per day. The bluetits are in and out every ten minutes or so,...
Mar 22, 2010


Nuthatch visitor
Delighted to see that a nuthatch actually came into the oak tree nest box today and had a good look around. I have seen a couple of...
Mar 22, 2010


More frogs …… and spawn!
I cannot remember having so many frogs in my relatively small pond! I counted more than 30 today and one end of the pond is just...
Mar 21, 2010


Blue tit visitors
I got up quite early , as it was a beautiful sunny morning and climbed up into the treehouse to try and get some shots of the blue tits...
Mar 21, 2010


Mystery Beak
On watching the footage back today this beak made a brief appearance….. difficult to see in the picture and it was only on three frames.....
Mar 19, 2010


Frogspawn Frenzy
Well, the pond is quite literally heaving with frogs and already there are huge clumps of spawn. Rather dull again today, but I managed...
Mar 19, 2010


First frog spawn in pond
Yesterday, I photographed the frogs in the pond and said there was no spawn. Today when I walked past, I noticed that there was one...
Mar 18, 2010


Frog action in the pond
With the temperatures beginning to rise, the frogs are beginning to be more active in the pond. No spawn yet, but I don’t think it will...
Mar 17, 2010


Crocus Shots
The sun made a brief appearance today and I nipped out to take a photo of the crocuses before the birds start nibbling them. Their...
Mar 17, 2010


Sparrowhawk Encounter
On returning from a meeting today, I drove up the lane and was just about to pull into my drive, when I noticed something on the ground,...
Mar 17, 2010


New visitor to ‘odd box’!
I was pleasantly suprised today to see a new visitor to one of the boxes. When I played back my footage of today’s action, I noticed an...
Mar 16, 2010


Four Box Action!
Came home from work today to find my footage showed lots of action! All four boxes were visited today… the oak tree box still have most...
Mar 15, 2010


Has nesting begun?
Had a quick look through the footage of today. Not too much action… it has been pretty windy and cold here. A couple of visits to the...
Mar 14, 2010


Oak tree nest box: Bird hide treehouse
My oak tree nest box is mounted on an oak tree that is opposite my children’s treehouse (which they have long grown out of!) It is...
Mar 13, 2010


Badger Sett Discovery
I have been hoping to find some other wildlife to watch, photograph and hopefully film and today I discovered a badger sett less than...
Mar 13, 2010


Still only blue tits…..
The last few days have seen a steady flow of visitors to all 4 boxes. The oak tree one still dominates by far with a constant stream of...
Mar 12, 2010


Nestbox update
The last few days have continued to see an amazing amount of action in the oak tree nestbox. Less action in the other boxes. The frogs...
Mar 10, 2010


Blue tit Bonanza!
I monitored all four nestboxes today using the quadbox and was quite excited to look through it, with activity being registered from...
Mar 8, 2010


Quad box monitoring
I have recently set up a quad box for my nestbox cameras. This piece of kit plugs into the PC and then you can plug in upto 4 cameras...
Mar 8, 2010


Blue tits pop in
Whereas the Great tits were viewing the ‘odd box’ yesterday, it was the blue tits who were more interested today! Had lots of heads pop...
Mar 7, 2010


‘Odd box’ mystery visitor
I put the odd box up yesterday… here it is ‘in situ’. I left the the computer monitoring the odd box today. When I played it back, I was...
Mar 7, 2010


Foxes visit again
I left the camera running in the garden again and put out some dog food and some dog biscuits. The first fox appeared at around midnight....
Mar 6, 2010
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