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Mar 6, 2010
Gardenature ‘Odd Box’ up
I managed to put my Gardenature ‘odd box’ up today. It is so called because of the rather strange shape it is. The reason is that the...


Mar 5, 2010
Busy blue tit viewers
The oak tree nest box has been very busy today, with a pair constantly in and out. Whilst working at my destk today, I made a note of the...


Mar 5, 2010
Visitor to Kestrel box
Had the first visitor to my kestrel box today…. not quite the visitor I had been hoping for! Never mind!


Mar 5, 2010
Night-time visitors!
As soon as I got up this morning, I went to see if my garden camera had caught any action. The food bowl was empty and the egg had gone,...


Mar 4, 2010
Garden Night-time Camera’s maiden run
Tonight I am going to put some food out and leave the night camera on and monitor any visitors. After removing the large spider web that...


Mar 3, 2010
Kestrel Box all wired into office!
I had set up my kestrel box at the weekend, but the wires were not long enough to reach my office, so I had to look at the images in my...


Mar 3, 2010
Garden Camera set up!
I have set up and focused my garden camera ready to see if I can catch some night time footage of any visitors. Trouble is, I can only...


Mar 3, 2010
Oak tree blue tits
Following advice from Jason at Gardenature, I have adjusted the camera slightly in the oak tree nestbox. I learnt that the birds usually...


Mar 2, 2010
Action in oak tree nest box!!
To try and monitor what is happening in my nestboxes, I uploaded a free trial version of ‘i-catcher’. This is a piece of motion...
Feb 28, 2010
Kestrel Box viewing
Already seen something inspecting the kestrel box…… a nuthatch! Rather a large residence for such a small bird! Below is a link to a...
Feb 28, 2010
Spagetti Junction!
Wow! What a weekend. Yesterday spent putting up the kestrel box, then today I mounted the nestbox in the oak tree, ran 40m of cable...


Feb 28, 2010
Kestrel Box ready for action!
A few more photos of the final stages of setting up the kestrel box! Grim day and we eventually came in soaking wet and covered in mud...
Feb 28, 2010
Kestrel Box set-up
On Friday, I was excited to pick up my new Kestrel nestbox from Riverside Woodcraft, a small business who operate from a farm near me....
Feb 27, 2010
Welcome to my Garden Wildlife Blog!
Hi and welcome to my Garden Wildlife Blog. This spring, I have been working hard to set up a selection of cameras in my garden to try and...
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