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The Birdbox
For my birthday last year, DH gave me a Nespresso coffee machine. It was easy to set up and could be used out of the box. I LOVE it and use it at least once, maybe twice, a day. He also gave me a...
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Watch The Birdie: Update One
Last week I posted about the Birdbox camera we have set up in our garden, and about the blue tits we have nesting there. The female has been very busy building a nest out of bits of dried grass , moss...
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Watch the Birdie Update 2
After spending more and more time in the nest box during the last few days, it seems Mama Tit is finally sitting. This photo was taken about 10 past 8 this morning and she was still in the box....
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Birdbox Webcam Update 3
Its Day 10 in the bird box and Mama Tit is looking a bit scruffy on the nest. I think this is mainly because she is all fluffed up to incubate her eggs; when we see her on the lilac tree the box sits...
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Babies! We have Babies!
Baby chicks that is, not human babies before any of my ILs read this and get too excited. This morning when we checked on Mama Tit, she was sitting tight on her nest, as she has been for the last few...
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Nestcam Update: How Many Chicks?
Our first eggs hatched a week ago. Six hatched the first day, and another three in the following days. At one point we definitely saw nine chicks but never ten. Now there are only eight chicks. We...
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An Empty Nest
I’ve got some bad news I’m afraid. On Wednesday, we had seven chicks in the nest. They seemed very active, cheeping loudly and were obviously very hungry! Some were bigger than others, and the smaller...
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Nestcam 2014: The Tits Are Back
After last year’s disaster, we haven’t gone near our nest box all winter. I always intended to unscrew the top and clean it out, the way they suggest you do, but the rain just kept coming. And by the...
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The Gallery: Animals
When I say our house is a bit of a zoo, people immediately assume I’m referring to our children’s behaviour. They may have a point, but usually I’m talking about the number of pets we have. At the...
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My Sunday Photo
Look what the cat brought in this week! This is a feral ring-necked parakeet; we have flocks of them flying around this area but I’ve never seen one caught by a cat before. Our neighbour saw one of our...
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