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This week’s activity in the tawny box looked like a furry crèche, with the squirrel babies growing fast and full of fun and antics! They...
Sep 4, 2017
A Week of Wildlife Activities at Yew View!
Last week, after a 3 week absence at Yew View, I spent the whole week there! This time, I was able to combine house-sitting (and looking...
Aug 3, 2017
The Badger stays in our Sett Chamber during the day!
There was much excitement when I arrived at YewView to find a badger in the sett… during the day! We have had quite a lot of night visits...
Jul 30, 2017
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 24, 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 17, 2017
Lots of Kingfisher Post Activity!
The kingfisher post at Yew View is an example of how, if you monitor one good spot for over a year, it can provide an incredible number...
Jun 29, 2017
Suckling badgers and Kingfisher close-ups
It’s been pretty busy this week! I got back from Shetland late on Sunday night, after a truly spectacular week, then straight into school...
Jun 4, 2017
More Badger Cub Moments & Demoiselle Beauties
I was delighted to see that the female badger and her cub had, once again, spent some considerable time in our artificial sett this week....
May 27, 2017
A badger cub & painted lady in pollinator paradise!
Yew View looked simply stunning in the sunshine this week. Everything is bursting into flower and it is, quite literally, a pollinator’s...
May 19, 2017
Branched owlet Photoshoot at Yew View…
When I arrived at Yew View this week, the first thing I did was to head out to see if I could locate the owlets. With both now out in the...
May 13, 2017
Swallows and Pied Wagtails…
With so much of my time focused on the tawnies at Yew View, I had failed to notice a pied wagtail once again, take up residence in one of...
May 12, 2017
Major Yew View Owlet Dramas!
It has been a busy few weeks at Yew View. I was not on site last week, due to my commitments down in London at WWF and Bushnell. Whilst...
Apr 30, 2017
Yew View badger updates….
The badgers at Yew View are active at the moment and we are lucky enough to be capturing on the cameras in daylight now, as they often...
Apr 30, 2017
A mixed diet for our growing owlets!
The Yew View owlets are growing at an amazing pace and it’s not surprising as there is quite a lot of prey coming in from the parents…...
Apr 22, 2017
The Yew View Tawnies are growing fast!
I can’t quite believe the difference the last week has made to our two beautiful owlets at Yew View. This week, they have become much...
Apr 14, 2017
Owlets & Otters!
I couldn’t wait to get to Yew View this week as it meant I could look at the footage of our owlets! Although I can access a low...
Apr 9, 2017
Badger Pamper Session in the Yew View sett!
The badgers at Yew View are gradually spending more and more time in the camera sett. We are capturing some really lovely footage inside...
Apr 9, 2017
We have Yew View Tawny Owlets!
It has been an exciting week! After just about a month in the nest box, our YewView Tawny female started to behave differently on Wed...