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How does a squirrel open a walnut?
The squirrel has spent a bit of time in the Yew View tawny box this week, which has given me an idea of what my footage might be like...
Dec 16, 2018


Wonderful Woodpeckers, Squirrels on the move & Swallow families
I was keen to get back up to the cameras this week to see what had been happening with our squirrel at Yew View, who gave birth last...
Jul 30, 2017


Squirrel Babies, Otters and Fighting Badgers
An exciting week of footage at Yew View this week! It is always good to look through the cameras to see what has happened during the...
Jul 24, 2017


Baby Squirrels, Leucistic Pheasants and the return of the Swallows!
Everything is bursting into life at Yew View and it is almost a full-time job to attempt to get through a week’s worth of footage every...
Apr 17, 2016


Snuggled Squirrels and Nibbling Mates
My cameras have taken somewhat second place over those at Yew View recently, but I have been capturing some lovely clips at home as well...
Nov 21, 2015
Crazy Techno Squirrel!
This young Squirrel often comes into the Barn Owl Box… the wood shavings and space seems to make him go a bit crazy! He looked as if he...
Mar 17, 2014


Woodpeckers, Long tailed tits and Number 7!
With relatively clear skies this morning, I decided to have a couple of hours outside before the weather deteriorated and I returned to...
Jan 5, 2014


Squirrel Studio Action
My Squirrel Studio Box was purpose-built after I came across a couple in America who had got some lovely footage of a squirrel raising...
Jan 4, 2014
Squirrel Activity in my Pear Tree Tawny Box
Some months ago, I put a Tawny Box up in my pear tree. This is where I had jackdaws nesting last year and I thought they might take to a...
Dec 4, 2013


My Squirrels appear on Autumnwatch
As I am sure many of my followers were, I was glued to the TV from Tuesday to Friday, watching the wonderful footage on AutumnWatch....
Nov 5, 2012
Getting Cosy in Squirrel Studio
Over the last few weeks, the squirrels have started to appear more and more in the Studio nets box. Sometimes they spend the night there…...
Oct 28, 2012


A day of camera fiddling…..
With the weather promising to be fine today, there were lots of wildlife cam jobs I wanted to try to get done in the garden. Jason from...
Sep 23, 2012
More squirrels…….
Last post today…. just uploaded these shots from today’s squirrel entertainment and I just wanted to share them…. This slideshow requires...
Dec 15, 2011
Squirrel Gloves……
I was thrilled today, when I managed to capture not only footage of my squirrel feeding from the ‘NutHouse’ but also going right inside!...
Dec 15, 2011


The ‘Nut House’ Cam!!
An interesting title to this blog post…. and hopefully so more cool squirrel footage! I had a wide-angle cam in the ArkWildlife squirrel...
Dec 14, 2011


Another new camera set up!
Last week, Ark Wildlife sent me a Squirrel Feeder to review. They also sent me some of their Whole nut squirrel mix, which I have put in...
Dec 4, 2011
Squirrel Feeder Update
If you follow my wildlife ventures, you will know I designed and made a rather interesting squirrel feeder at the weekend and mounted it...
Nov 30, 2011


Time to tackle the squirrels!
After quite a while with no squirrels attacking my feeders I now have at least three back… an adult and two youngsters in training! They...
Nov 27, 2011


Tilt ‘n’ spin squirrel repeller
Whilst buying some new fat bar feeders in Wilkos yesterday, I saw this in the bargain bin…. just a fiver, so I thought it would be worth...
Sep 24, 2010
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