Videos

2020

2020 is proving more successful. A pair of blue tits started nest building in March.

 8th May 2020

3rd May 2020

2019

In 2019 I put up a new nest box which was purpose made for installing a camera. Unfortunately the birds thought it was too new and ignored it completely! The only occupant was a mouse.

2018

22nd May 2018

Clips of the 2 young house sparrows in the nest box. One of them spends a lot of time at the entrance. The female drops in at one point briefly. The following day the young successfully left the nest.

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPqS25SLmQE[/embedyt]

15th May 2018

The chicks are growing fast. Not sure how many there were to start with but it looks like two have survived. They’re now starting to move around a bit as they jostle for food from the parents so they’re easier to see. In this clip they’re fed 4 times in 3 minutes.

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOfRA4_8W1c[/embedyt]

7th May 2018

We have chicks! Not great video & difficult to see them as there is so much nest material, but they are there – just a small amount of movement when the adult has gone. You can here them though. Hopefully better views to come.

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCx5__QSu5M[/embedyt]

13th April

The sparrows have been very busy adding nest material and hopefully preparing the nest for some eggs.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX4PFL_mWm8[/embedyt]

4th April

The nest material is back and one of the sparrows is roosting in the box overnight.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcPMNtDnG6c[/embedyt]

22nd March

After all their hard work building the nest, the sparrows have decided to remove the nesting material:

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcn9Cd-tnH8[/embedyt]

10th March

Our first visitor:

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOHlk6A4v8[/embedyt]

More nest material added:

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gavaWrCLEjA[/embedyt]

9th March – Some nest material (nothing happens)

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K04D659-5c4[/embedyt]