I know it is still December, but my mind is racing ahead with dreams of days where it is not cold, grey and pouring with rain! I am...

I have been delighted to see both redwing and fieldfare here at Gwyllt Hollow. They have been feeding on the hawthorn berries mainly and...

I have been keen to get some owl boxes up at Gwyllt Hollow. Tawny owls nest very early and you really need to get the boxes up in Nov or...

My journey to work at YewView is considerably longer now, than when I lived in Lichfield. This means I am no longer spending one day a...

When I moved into my new house, I went up into the loft space to store some of my boxes. On a piece of wood in one corner were lots of...

My new house used to be 2 quarry cottages and is a solid built stone house, that has been extended by the previous owner, who lived here...

I have lived in Lichfield for over 25 years. I fell in love with this house when I first saw it. We drove up the lane and a fox jumped...

For many years I have been using Hikvision CCTV cameras for many of my wildlife projects. There are many different models and I have...

We have two owl nest boxes at Yew View. One is quite close to the house and this is the box that they choose to nest in. Sadly the eggs...

Denis and I have been watching and discussing the little owl setup every day. We have been working on this project as a joint venture,...

The little owl pair have been spending part of nearly every day in our Little Owl box at Stow Maries Aerodrome. Denis and I have been...

After last week's interest in one of the owl boxes, there have been quite a lot of dramas. The jackdaws were also very keen on this box...

Stow Maries Aerodrome is a pretty amazing place for wildlife. For the last few years I have been working, alongside Denis Stretton, to...

A technology company in collaboration with the film production company Lonelyleap, are making a short film exploring how my wildlife live...

Over the last few weeks, many of us have been logged onto Aluco in her nest box, incubating her eggs. Tawny incubation is 30 days. We had...

Fairly soon after laying one of her eggs, eagle-eyed viewers spotted that one of the eggs appeared damaged. On reviewing the footage, it...

There has been a lot happening since the last blog post when I thought that possibly we were only going to have two eggs. Aluco lay these...

After the excitement of egg one, it has been fabulous watching Aluco in the nest box and waiting for the next egg to arrive. As she has...

For anyone who has followed me for a while, the names, 'Strix' and 'Aluco' will be familiar to them. These are the names I gave to the...

Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife citizen science project, now in its 44th year. It’s an important part of what...

A new year and a new camera set-up! My mammal boxes have always been a favourite and it was one of my first projects when I started...

This week I headed up to Mull, to visit friend Pete Walkden. I love coming up to Mull and it is good to get a good dose of sea air and...

This week has been an emotional one. as I finally left teaching after a career of 32 years! It has been a very difficult decision to...

Aluco laid 5 eggs this year, which is the most she has ever laid. Three quarters of the way through incubation, all seemed to be going...