How awkward !
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Saturday, 23 February 2013
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Brood sizes in Blue Tits
Weather affecting Blue Tit brood size and timing in 2012
Bue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Average weight 11 grams
Average Lifespan 3 years
9 Blue Tit eggs - 3 hatched so far in this photo from 2012
We
have certainly noticed at birdboxesonline that last year that the
weather affecting Blue Tits was a huge contributing factor to the timing
of our Blue Tits nesting. We had eleven Blue Tits in one of our camera
boxes last year and all fledged...
Monday, 18 February 2013
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Saturday, 16 February 2013
National Nest Box week 2013
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
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Sunday, 10 February 2013
Great Tits
More Great Tits in one of our boxes. This box is 70 metres away from the recorder with a join in the cable. Its sort of an exercise to see the physical limits withy different cameras and ...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Wing flapping
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...
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Saturday, 26 January 2013
More blue tits
More investigations from Blue Tits, but still a bit early. Maybe they are looking for a roost?
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Thursday, 24 January 2013
Blue Tits exploring box
Blue Tits exploring the pavo 700 tvl birdbox
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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
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Monday, 14 January 2013
Early Visitors
A few early visitors to the boxes - blue tits and great tits. Have not even had time to set up a proper camera
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birdbox with camera
birdbox with webc...
Sunday, 25 November 2012
Friday, 29 June 2012
Saturday, 23 June 2012
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Camera day
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...
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