Earlier last week, we noticed that House Sparrows were going in and out of Sparrow Terrace Box 1 (car park side of building). Checking the camera feed on the the old colour birdcam box on Thursday revealed the beginnings of … Continue reading
The beginning of March seems to have brought with it some welcome spring like weather. I spotted a pair of Small Tortoiseshell butterflies and a Peacock butterfly flying around my garden today; I wonder who will be the first to … Continue reading
I would like to say a massive thank you to Mr Marriot for helping me clean out all the school’s bird boxes today. It managed to say mostly dry all morning but our fingers were numb with cold by the … Continue reading
After a really sad end to the Great tit brood last Friday night, we can report that we have our first Blue tilt chick this morning! The Great tits abandoned the nest, possibly due to difficulties keeping the brood fed … Continue reading
The female Great Tit has been sitting patiently on her five eggs for two weeks and today all that hard work paid off! Four chicks have hatched so far and hopefully the fifth will follow shortly. Both adults have been … Continue reading
The Great Tit nest in the colour birdcam box was completed over a week ago when the female Great Tit also started to roost in the box again. This is often a sign that egg laying is about to start. … Continue reading
Although we don’t appear to have a Great Tit nesting in our Colour Birdcam Box any more, Great Tits started to build a nest yesterday. This time last year we had a pair of Tree Sparrows incubating eggs in our … Continue reading
The beginning of March brought a few days of relatively warmer weather; we noticed that our nest boxes were attracting some day time visitors as well as the night time roosting birds. However, the snow in the second week may … Continue reading
The last day of term brought a break in the recent rainy weather, so Mr Marriot kindly visited each nest box to clean them out. We checked out each box for evidence of nesting activity from the previous season. The … Continue reading
Birds often use nest boxes to roost in once the weather gets colder in late autumn. Some, such as Blue Tits and Great Tit roost alone but others such as Wrens and House Sparrows may roost together in one box. The … Continue reading
Birds are already checking out all our school boxes around the school grounds. Tree Sparrows have been building a nest in our B&W birdcam box and House Sparrows have been seen taking a little nesting material into our Colour birdcam … Continue reading
Autumn has well and truly arrived, so on Friday we decided it was time to clear out the school’s nest boxes to allow for a fresh start for next year. The RSPB and BTO recommend that boxes are cleaned each … Continue reading
Nearly two weeks after the blue tits started incubating their 9 eggs, the chicks started to hatch today (13th May). It was really exciting for the Year 6s who were able to watch the first chick hatch during their ICT lesson! … Continue reading
We’ve been having daytime visitors to our colour birdcam box for a while now. Earlier this year a Great Tit was regularly roosting in the box at night but today some blue tits have started nesting, taking out some of the droppings … Continue reading
If you check out our colour birdcam box after dark, you might be lucky to see our night time roosting bird all fluffed up to keep warm. Leave a comment if you think you know what type of bird it … Continue reading
