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Nesting Season 2021

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Mrs MahadevanJune 18, 2021
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Due to the last year’s Covid-19 lockdowns and upgrading our computers to Windows 10, we have been unable to monitor our bird box cameras online this year. We managed to hook up the cameras to an old data projector just … Continue reading →

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Nesting Season 2020

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Mrs MahadevanApril 2, 2020
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Even though we can’t enjoy the school grounds at the moment, the birds are making the most of the peace and quiet! I’ve managed to get the Colour Birdcam back online and there appears to have been some activity. Fingers-crossed … Continue reading →

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Nesting -2019

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Mrs MahadevanJuly 19, 2019
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Over the last couple of weeks, birds have started nesting in our colourcam box around the back of the school. We haven’t spotted which birds they are yet but the nest keeps growing! Let us know what you spot in … Continue reading →

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Bird Box Clear out

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Mrs MahadevanJanuary 28, 2019
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Thank you Mr Marriot for helping to clear out the school’s bird boxes today. Three of the seven boxes cleared out had full nests in and evidence of having had chicks in them. These were the car park box, the … Continue reading →

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Growing up!

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanJune 2, 2018
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The first chick hatched at lunchtime on 14th May and continued hatching until the following day. Now, two weeks on, we can see clearly that there are 10 chicks with clear Blue tit markings and colouring on their feathers. The … Continue reading →

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Hatching

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanMay 30, 2018
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The Blue tit chicks started hatching at lunchtime on 14th May. Here is a video of the second chick hatching after school home-time. The female adult can be seen eating the eggshell to replenish her calcium levels. … Continue reading →

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Incubation commences

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanMay 10, 2018
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The female has continued to lay an egg every day since the 23rd April, when one egg was seen. It is hard to see how many eggs there are because they are mostly covered up during the day and the … Continue reading →

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The Battle of the Species!

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanMay 2, 2018
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The Blue tits have completed their nest and at least one egg has been laid. However, since yesterday, a wasp has started building a nest on the camera lens. We removed the residue from the lens this morning but it … Continue reading →

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Birds are Nesting!

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Mrs MahadevanApril 16, 2018
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It’s been a few years since birds have nested in our bird boxes which are fitted with cameras. Today, we switched on the camera in the box near the school kitchen and spotted two Blue tits visiting the box with … Continue reading →

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Early Bird Box Visitors

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Mrs MahadevanMarch 25, 2016
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The school bird boxes were cleaned out at the beginning of the year, thank you Mr Marriot! It was a disappointing year last year with no birds nesting in our birdcam boxes for the first time in 7 years. However, … Continue reading →

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Early Activity

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Mrs MahadevanApril 9, 2015
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Despite the cold start to Spring this year, the birds have been busy checking out potential nesting sites. Rooks have already taken up residence, and built a couple of tree-top nests, in the school’s wooded area. A Tree Sparrow has … Continue reading →

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Bird Box Clear Out

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Mrs MahadevanMarch 1, 2015
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The school’s bird boxes have been cleaned out ready for this year’s nesting season – thank you Mr Marriot for helping once again! All the boxes showed signs of having been used; six had nests in them and the rest … Continue reading →

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Sole Survivor!

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Mrs MahadevanMay 30, 2014
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At the end of term (23rd May) we had a box full of eight healthy 11 day old chicks which were being well fed by their parents. Their eyes were open and their feathers were beginning to show their Blue Tit … Continue reading →

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We Have Blue Tit Chicks!

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Mrs MahadevanMay 27, 2014
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What an exciting day! We weren’t expecting the chicks to hatch for another couple of days as the eighth and final egg of the Blue Tit clutch was laid on the 1st May. However, a couple of diligent birdcam watchers … Continue reading →

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Eggs for Easter!

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Mrs MahadevanApril 28, 2014
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An avid watcher of our birdcams has reported seeing 3 or 4 eggs in our Colour Birdcam box this morning. The well of the nest is kept covered with feathers during the day but you might catch a glimpse of … Continue reading →

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