2012
To say that 2012 was an amazing year for me feels a bit of an understatement! So much has happened. Appearing on BBC Springwatch, Gardeners' World and Midlands today, as well as having an article published in BBC wildlife magazine have all been amazing highlights. Combined with that was exhibiting at BirdFair and Gardeners' World Live and appearing on Gardeners' World chatting to Rachel DeThame in the RHS Gold winning Garden! That is without mentioning all the most amazing wildlife and footage that I have been able to capture this year in my patch... from foxes and their cubs, bird box families to the residents of Clay Cavern that inspired the Mammal Stump on Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Then there were all my hedgehogs visiting, meeting the wonderful Joan at West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue and then that leading on to me raising money for her through my Christmas Competition where lots of amazing companies supported me with over £500 worth of wildlife kit, all won by a very lucky Tanya Ware!
Then, of course, my amazing win of a spectacular safari to Zambia for next year, a contract for 2013 working with Bushnell to help them promote the use of their products in the Wildlife market and a new teaching job! It certainly has been a spectacular year, and I must offer a massive thanks to all the wonderful followers I have met through Twitter, Facebook and 'in the Flesh' at various shows throughout the year. It is sharing all of this with all of you that has helped to make it such a memorable year..... here's to 2013 and all the wonderful experiences, wildlife and people I hope to encounter on my journey! I can't believe it can be any better than 2012.... but who knows.. jump aboard and join me into 2013!
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January 2012
A new visitor to the garden!
January Robin Joy!
A new Cage Cam feeding station
Is the den in use???
Bathtime at the waterhole
A busy start to the year..
Take 3 mini sieves...
House mouse or wood mouse?
Look who I have had visiting!
I try out my new prize from Peckish!
My Big Garden Birdwatch
Inspiring new ornithologists!
February 2012
I capture a fox on my Bushnell HD at Badger Bank
I go tracking in the snow ....
WOW! Club win the ARTventure competition!
Check out the latest from WOW! Club
A mistaken identity.....
How many cams in the wildlifeKate Patch??
I attend the RHS exhibitor's Seminar in London.
A squirrel looks in!
My hedgehog Box is up and running again!
My first visitor!!!!
I capture some interesting behaviour...
A great day with Dusty & John learning about green roof building
Could Blithfield Reservoir support ospreys??!!
Follow my jounrney to Gardener's World Live in my new Blog!!!
My new Squirrel Studio!
Voting now open for Best Bird Garden! I am honoured to be in the top 12!!
Could this be a polecat in my patch??
Phil starts building my Wildlife Hub!
I see my WildlifeKate Hub for the first time!
My partnership with G-Scapes
A great day in a local Infant School!
I manage to get a live camera on a long tailed tit's nest!
Stunning Sparrowhawk encounter!
A garden full of life !
March 2012
More road kill.... a polecat this time?
Spring is nearly here at WOW! Club
Help a long tailed tit!
Make your own Nesting Dispenser!
A mammal morning with Staffs Wildlife Trust
A new camera on a blackbird's nest.
Planning the planting for GWL.....
A weekend of gardening....
Jackdaws start investigating Squirrel Studio!
Ever thought of using a Bushnell trophy cam?
I announce the Sponsors of my GWL Stand 2012!
Muntjac captured in hotel grounds!
First hedgehog of the year!
The Bushnell Bunch!
Take one Butler Sink...
Busy in my patch & mouse raids the blackbird nest...
April 2012
Squirrel dries off in squirrel studio...
Tender moments at the blackbird nest..
Side box action and potential fox cubs?
AMAZING Bushnell vixen & cub footage!
My bat boxes go up!
Nesting begins!
The blue tit and great tits use my nesting dispenser quad...
Are the jackdaws taking up residence?
A new Al Fresco Prickly Diner!
Springwatch come to film
My latest shrew footage... with audio...
Follow the Patio Nest Box story
See a great tit using a spatula!!
What's wrong with this robin???
My blackbird chick fledges after 14 days... see the video clip of him leaving!
My foxes start appearing in daylight!
My green roof trays arrive!
An exciting new nest box goes live !
A frightening battle for possession
Eggs being laid! Latest footage from the Patio Box!
See the patio nest box update... still can't tell how many chicks we have
I have a feature in the June edition of BBC WIldlife Magazine!
Follow the story of the side nest box.
Catch up with some of my GWL preparation!
See the latest pics from the patio nest box!
See my patch in May!
May 2012
BBC PRESS RELEASE
My first capture of my vixen's cub!
Both jackdaw eggs hatch, but where's the male???
Check out the 'Springwatch Meets' section of their press release!
Gardener's World film crew visit my patch!
Check out the Clay Cavern inspired Mammal Stump on the Springwatch live cams!
My green roof trays are very.... green!
'Midlands Today' & David Gregory film in the WildlifeKate patch
My wildlife appear on the Springwatch Trailer
Bird Feeder Central starts to take shape!
June 2012
From nest build to fledge... see it here in my patio nest box
I visit the Springwatch set!
Fox cubs IN hedgehog box & at Prickly Diner!
See me on Springwatch!
Take one corner planter!
Exciting animal evidence at Badger Bank
When I meet Twitter friends face to face!
My experience at GWL in pictures!! :o)
See me on Gardeners' World Live
See me on Midlands Today!
Last minute prep for Gardeners' World Live!
WINNERS ANNOUNCED from my GWL prize draws!
Toad Encounter....
July 2012
My WOW! Club go to spend their winnings at G-Scapes
I spend a couple of hours with little owls
Experimenting with lighting the hedgehog box
Badger tracks + Bushnell= some good footage??
An hour with my macro lens.....
Look what emerged out of my pond!
Spike's Hedgehog review now online!
I start on the hub roof....
My fox cubs are growing fast!
Grow your own wheatgrass treat for your hens!
My latest Bushnell footage of the cubs
Hedgehog Rescue!
Create the ultimate close-up wildlife captures with your Bushnell Trail Cam!
You learn something new every day!
A wonderful BirdFair weekend!
August 2012
The newest resident in my Bee Hotel!
Make your own waterhole ... out of 2 tyres!
Take one shipping container....
Butterflies & Bees in my patch
Listen to the hoverflies!
My latest shots from the Hub....
An exciting new project with 13 year old Georgina!
Bees and hoverflies on my sedum
A Bushnell close-up Bank vole!
New mouse hollow goes live!
September 2012
Red Admiral beauties
See the latest Mouse Hollow Videos
The squirrel moves in!
October 2012
New Rat visitors in my patch
Vole visitors to hedgecam
Why not enter the Mammal Society photographic competition?
WildlifeKate in schools
My WOW! Club work with Tom Hare
I try out a new window feeder..... with my add-ons!
Some new hedgehog boxes in my patch....
Clay Cavern has a makeover
My Yorkshire Tea Cupboard Mouse!
Peanut butter for birds???
Bullfinches return to my patch
My squirrels make an appearance on Autumnwatch!
Tawny Owl Road kill
I win the most amazing safari!!
November 2012
A new hedgecam in my patch!
Try out some KreATivE projects...
- Fern Pool
- Log Feeder
A Wonderful Waxwing Encounter
My new Wild Learning area development
Amazing £500 worth of prizes to be won!
Rain, mud, wheelbarrows... and Severn Trent volunteers!!
I get the new Bushnell NatureView Cam to trial
December 2012
My son draws the winner for my competition to win over £500 of wildlife goodies!
Day 3 in Durham - what amazing school grounds!
Day 2 in Durham!
Setting up the Bushnells in school grounds
Day 1 in Durham!
Some great Bushnell captures
My close up kits travel the world!
An emotional farewell to Water Orton
A new Bird Bar camera set-up
My hub in winter
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