Tawny Owl Nesting 2018

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Diary entries documenting my wildlife projects, ideas and encounters....

Tawnies, Muntjac, Badgers and Reed Bunting.. this week at Yew View

After almost 3 weeks away from Yew View for the Christmas break, I couldn’t believe how much Spring ‘sprung’ on site! The daffodils on...

Autumnal Glory and Owls at Yew View

It was a most stunning day at YewView this week! An early mist soon burnt off, leaving clear blue skies and wonderful warm sunny weather....

The New External Tawny Cam is Looking Good!

I have very nearly finished the Yew View Tawny box now. It now has two internal cameras and, last week, Dave and I moved the external...

The Yew View Tawny Box is up… and first visitors are in!!

Just before I headed up to Scotland, Dave and I wanted to get the Yew View new tawny box up. The tawnies have a period where they don’t...

The Final Farewell to our Owlets as they branch into the trees….

I arrived at Yew View this week to an empty owl box. It is always sad to see that space barren after such a wonderful few months of...

Tawny Dramas at Yew View

It has been a bit of a stressful week at ‘Tawny Central’ at Yew View this week… more so for DJ, as I was not on site until Wednesday! All...

More Tawny Joy at Yew View!

It’s been a great week for tawny footage at Yew View. With the owlets nearly 3 weeks old, they are very demanding and very addictive...

The Yew View Tawnies owlets are growing fast

I could not wait to see how the owlets had been getting on in the last week. I can have a low resolution feed onto my PC at home and I...

Our Yew View Tawny eggs hatch!

I couldn’t wait to get to Yew View this week as I had seen, via my icatcher app on my phone (that can access all my cameras) that the...

Tawny Delights at Yew View

We are now half way through the tawny incubation and the male is working hard to feed the female, bringing between 1 -4 prey items every...

Owls, Badgers and Nocturnal Filming for Channel 5

It has been a busy week! I have spent the last 4 nights filming with Adrian Cale, Rob and the team with Pioneer Productions for a Channel...

Snowy Wildlife and Tawny Excitement!

A combination of a trip to Scotland and such snowy conditions, I had not caught up with the cams at Yew Vire for about 3 weeks. That is a...