Today we installed our new bird box which has a colour IR camera. The camera and cabling was supplied through the Derbyshire Schools Birdcam Project. Rather than disturbing the B&W camera setup in our existing nest box, Gardenature kindly sent us an additional box more suited for a colour camera (it has additional side windows covered in perspex).
The box is attached to the north east facing side of the school building, about 3m above the ground and faces a wooded area and the school pond.
After an unseasonably warm weekend, when birds were observed investigating nest boxes and acting in amorous ways, I decided it was time to brave the fleas and clean out the nest box. So gloves on and boiling water in hand, the deed was done. I have been itching ever since! The 26mm hole adaptor, fitted last year to keep the tree sparrow out, has been removed.
This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our birdcam during June.
This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our birdcam during May.
Have you seen birds nesting in your garden or seen birds acting in strange ways? Post your comments here. If you would like your drawings and photographs featured in an online gallery, why not email your pictures to webmaster@strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk
This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our birdcam during April.
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