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Post by Amanda on Jan 28, 2021 22:37:29 GMT
Hi all
i hope you are all well and keeping safe
I thought I would share my first bird box video of 2021 This is my house bird box, I moved it last November and today I noticed some activity. This will be the 3rd season this has been up, previously with little activity.
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Post by Ann70 on Jan 29, 2021 9:20:20 GMT
lovely video Amanda, looking good for tenants in your house box
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Post by matt on Jan 29, 2021 9:53:06 GMT
Very nice Amanda, and a pair as well!
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Post by petesbox on Jan 29, 2021 11:47:35 GMT
Looks promising Amanda.
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Post by sammi on Jan 29, 2021 13:23:03 GMT
Lovely video. I see they are checking out the slide feature for the kids. I hope they decide to nest there.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Jan 29, 2021 14:12:26 GMT
Good to have you back Amanda! Looking good for you aswell
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Post by Amanda on Feb 6, 2021 18:53:44 GMT
Thanks Paul Well, as last year, I have had one almighty fight in my garage box this morning. I have just checked to see that my roosters were in, sadly there is no rooster in my garage box this evening, which prompted me to check my motion detects. A huge fight took place while a 3rd blue tit kept poking its head through the entrance. I feel so sorry for my original rooster, I hope it is okay
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Post by Amanda on Feb 8, 2021 11:38:20 GMT
2nd night with no rooster I have moved the camera back pointing outside the box, I am getting blue tits at the hole, just looking in and then flying off.
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Post by karenupnorth on Feb 8, 2021 13:16:26 GMT
Oh no, sorry to hear, its awful when they fight I hope they will return
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Post by WildlifePaul on Feb 9, 2021 9:08:22 GMT
I'm sure it will be fine Amanda, Sadly its that time of year that males are taking ownership of the gardens ahead of spring. Our blue tit numbers in the garden really start dropping off this month before March, Seeing them fight is horrible though! Luckily nothing like that happening here yet fingers crossed it stays that way!
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Post by Amanda on Feb 13, 2021 11:55:46 GMT
Morning all, I used to have a pair of blackcaps in my garden a few years ago. I have noticed a female black in the garden the last few weeks, so today I got my camera out while she was active in the garden, only to find the batteries were flat! By the time I charge my camera battery, she was back in the garden so here is a photo of her on the flutterbutter
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Post by karenupnorth on Feb 13, 2021 14:41:27 GMT
Isnt she beautiful, I have only ever seen one Blackcap in my garden, a female a few years ago.
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Post by YorksherLass on Feb 13, 2021 15:02:34 GMT
She's lovely Amanda, I've never seen a blackcap at all in reality, only on the piccies here & on TV.
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Post by petesbox on Feb 13, 2021 15:37:26 GMT
Lovely, saw a male in my garden a couple of weeks back have'nt seen him since.
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Post by sammi on Feb 13, 2021 17:03:25 GMT
Lovely pic Amanda. We have a pair about. They do like to defend the feeders though as if they own the lot.
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Post by Amanda on Feb 25, 2021 21:39:50 GMT
I had a visitor to my shed box this morning. They are exploring all the boxes today....feels like Spring!
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Post by Ann70 on Feb 26, 2021 2:31:29 GMT
Good luck Amanda for your shed box, spring is in the air ,not long now.
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Post by karenupnorth on Mar 23, 2021 10:38:51 GMT
Any thing happening with your boxes Amanda?
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Post by Amanda on Mar 24, 2021 12:43:54 GMT
It’s all very quiet here Karen... I have still got my great tit rooster, but very few visits How about you Karen?
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Post by elle on Mar 24, 2021 20:58:02 GMT
What amazing colour on your pics Amanda, brilliant
Elle Xx
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Post by Amanda on Mar 25, 2021 12:57:22 GMT
What amazing colour on your pics Amanda, brilliant Elle Xx Thanks Elle, to be honest, I haven’t even turned the light on in that box, I have in the other 3 boxes though
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Post by karenupnorth on Mar 26, 2021 18:14:46 GMT
It’s all very quiet here Karen... I have still got my great tit rooster, but very few visits How about you Karen? Its gone quiet here but I continue to have a female rooster each night who gives nest wriggles each time she roosts, she has a partner called Hastings, just a waiting game now for us all
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Post by Amanda on Mar 28, 2021 10:38:41 GMT
It’s all very quiet here Karen... I have still got my great tit rooster, but very few visits How about you Karen? Its gone quiet here but I continue to have a female rooster each night who gives nest wriggles each time she roosts, she has a partner called Hastings, just a waiting game now for us all Awww.....that sounds promising Karen. I am not really getting any visits at the minute, it’s all very quiet. It was the 1st April last year that I got the first material. ive just had pair of woodpeckers in the garden, I managed to get a couple of pictures in my neighbours but 1 garden, once I had got my camera set up!
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Post by Amanda on Mar 28, 2021 10:41:06 GMT
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Post by Amanda on Mar 28, 2021 10:45:02 GMT
Haha.....I’m not sure what type of bird this is
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