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Cameras from 380tvl to 700 tvl
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With Infrared for night time as well as daytime viewing- Get up close and personal with nesting birds
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Brood sizes in Blue Tits
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Weather affecting Blue Tit brood size and timing in 2012
Bue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Average weight 11 grams
Average Lifespan 3 years
Weather affecting Blue Tits
How this will effect the population generally is a bit more guess work - 70 - 80% of blue tits die each year, a huge mortality rate and most of that figure is made up of young birds - it's a brutal Darwinian process..
Rob
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Monday, 18 February 2013
where to put my birdbox?
If only there were hard a fast rules about siting your bird
box but unfortunately there are not. As they say location, location location!
Here is some help to plan your camera nestbox site.
Below are 10 tips to help
- Place your nest box with camera with your species in mind
- Do not place your nest box with camera in constant bright sunshine
- Make sure your nest box with camera is securely fastened to the tree, post etc. Use screws, nylon straps to secure it - even in the strongest winds
- Make sure your nest box with camera is out of reach of ground predators - cats etc
- Think about a hole protector if squirrels may be a problem - not needed for woodpeckers as they will make their own hole into the nest!
- Make sure your nest box with camera has a clear entrance / exit hole to allow clear flight to and from the nest
- Avoid putting it in well used areas - although I have seen blue tits nesting by some bodies front door!
- Make sure the nest box with camera is clean at the end of every season
- Birds will nest where they feel safe - not just from predators but noise as well
- If the bird box does not get used- move it to another position and try again
Make sure the hole has a clear flight path |
In
gardens, bird boxes should be erected between 5 – 6ft if they
are not
likely to be predated. At this height it will be a lot easier to clean them at
the end of the season
Boxes can
be put up higher 8 – 12ft if predation or human disturbance might be an issue.
Do I need to clean out my birdboxes from last year
Yes, Make sure
that the box is clean inside. Remove last years nest and wash the box inside with hot water. There is no need to add nesting material inside
the box if there is anything inside the box it usually gets removed by the
nesting birds anyway.
If you want to put a nest box camera in your existing birdbox or nesting boxes they can be bought from here
The Advantages of a bird nesting box camera
nesting boxes
Saturday, 16 February 2013
National Nest Box week 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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It is national nest box week 2013 a yearly event to help promote bird boxes run by the BTO.
To celebrate we have our nest cams up early - www.birdboxesonline.co.uk
scroll down to the middle of the page to see the live feed
as it is so early we only have a little bit of activity during the day in the boxes but from about 5.30 pm we have a Great Tit roosting in one of our boxes
Give it a go - visit our shop to buy a bird box and camera
To celebrate we have our nest cams up early - www.birdboxesonline.co.uk
scroll down to the middle of the page to see the live feed
as it is so early we only have a little bit of activity during the day in the boxes but from about 5.30 pm we have a Great Tit roosting in one of our boxes
Give it a go - visit our shop to buy a bird box and camera
Sunday, 10 February 2013
Great Tits
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Roosting in the box
Saturday, February 02, 2013
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Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Wing flapping
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Wing flapping
It seems to mean many things. The male does this when in his newly found nest box as in the video above. The female does this when demanding food as part of the mating and it also seems to reinforce the bonds between male and female. It is also used practically when the female is sitting on the nest and requires food.
The young also use it when newly fledged to indicate they want feeding.
I'm guessing it is a general signal and as the ideas communicated between birds ( food, sex, territory and alarm) are fairly basic and the signal need not be complicated. I am willing to be proved wrong on this by the way, I just don't think they have the time or brain capacity for anything else apart from basic survival stuff.
Great Tit chick doing the shaking wing thing. The parent is on the feeder below
Sunday, 27 January 2013
More early visitors
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Saturday, 26 January 2013
More blue tits
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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More investigations from Blue Tits, but still a bit early. Maybe they are looking for a roost?
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Blue Tits exploring box
Thursday, January 24, 2013
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Friday, 18 January 2013
Snow visitors
Tamping down the snow and spreading some food out for the ground feeders certainly helped
Monday, 14 January 2013
Early Visitors
Monday, January 14, 2013
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A few early visitors to the boxes - blue tits and great tits. Have not even had time to set up a proper camera
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Coal Tit
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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Just missed the coal tit with these shots
These are of course Blue Tits but today i saw the first ever coal tit in the garden. I will endeavour to get the photos!
These are of course Blue Tits but today i saw the first ever coal tit in the garden. I will endeavour to get the photos!
Friday, 29 June 2012
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Camera day
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Today i took my camera with me on my normal travels.
Squirell having a loaf in the sun. Quite cute
when not stealing the birdfood. This was up on leith hill - i travelled
up there and only got a good picture of a squrrel, could have looked out
my kitchen window! Recently on the hill i've seen tree creeper, red
kite, buzzard, lesser spotted woodpecker and the day i had my camera?
squirell....
A really tatty looking Robin taken in the garden
Swallow on the overhead wires at the workshop. The workshop is down on the Sussex coast just outside L.A. - for those who know i dont have to explain it.There is an outbuilding that they nest in there. They are so acrobatic flying about. Sometimes they have come through the open door in the workshop and turned around on a six pence and flown out again. If my co worker was not there i would not have beleived how quick it was. I guess this one must have been out doing stuff of a stuff type nature as the thin white mark near his tail is a cobweb. There are always a good selection of birds at the workshop - you'd never think sparrows were in decline. Goldfinches, buzzards, egrets and barn owls are all regulars there
A rather majestic looking blackbird on the lawn
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