I have been working on other projects with my Bushnells recently, but this weekend, I wanted to return to Badger Bank… a site I discovered at the end of the summer. There is a large, established sett here and I hope to do some interesting work here over the coming year. To get an idea [...]
Archive for January, 2012
29 Jan
A very special visitor!
I was out this morning, filling up all my feeders ready for my Big Cam Birdwatch, when I heard a very distinctive high pitched whistling call in a conifer tree in my garden. I knew straight away what it was….. a goldcrest! I have had them in the garden before, always feeding on this particular tree. I could [...]
28 Jan
House Mouse and Wood Mouse
During the week, I was working on my computer in the evening and watching my live streams which run from another computer. A mouse appeared in Clay Cavern and straight away I noticed it did not look like the usual mice that visit. For a brief moment I thought it was a young rat, before [...]
28 Jan
My Big Garden Bird Watch Challenges
Today, as part of Big Garden Birdwatch, I set myself the challenge to photograph all the species of bird that visited my garden. I must admit, I did not think it would be too big a challenge… a couple of hours and I should have it in the bag….. it proved to be more tricky [...]
22 Jan
Sneak preview of some of my new nest boxes
I have been working on a range of new nest boxes for this spring to bring really great pictures of birds raising their families. I will be writing in more details about these boxes on my website in the coming months, but today I managed to get two of the newly adapted boxes up in the [...]
22 Jan
My Peckish Prize!
Last week I was delighted to receive my prize from Peckish Bird Foods. I had won their competition to name the two bird characters on their TV advert. My prize was a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ18 camera. It is a fantastic little camera and will be great for photographing all the projects for my blog and [...]
21 Jan
WildlifeKate Big Garden Cam Birdwatch!
Next weekend is the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, where they everyone is asked to make a note of the bird species they see in their garden, or local park, for just one hour. Results are the submitted to the RSPB. The results help build up a picture of the bird population in the UK. Over [...]
20 Jan
I set up a Feeding Station & Nest Box Camera System for an Infants School
I undertake all sorts of consultancy work, but I must admit, the kind of work I did today is one of my favourites! As a qualified teacher, the great advantage for schools to get me in to set up feeding stations and camera nest boxes, is that I can also take groups of children, teach and [...]
19 Jan
Gardener’s World Live News
Anyone who follows my blog would have known that today I was meeting with Katy Gaunt and Lucinda Costello, who are the Horticultural Exhibitor Managers for the RHS. They came up from London to meet me and discuss my plans for a WildlifeKate stand at Gardener’s World Live at the NEC in June. I have [...]
19 Jan
More Blackcap!
The male blackcap has been about all day today, feeding on the log feeders, the sieves and the sunflower hearts. I was interested to know a bit more about why they are appearing now in the garden… are these overwintering here? I found some interesting facts on the BTO website, which I thought others might [...]
