2009 Diary
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| 27th December 2009 | Many thanks to
iCode Systems Ltd for supplying the
iCatcher capture software. It behaved perfectly for the
whole season. Here are a couple more archives of this year's pictures: Click here for some pictures from the unsuccessful boxes (1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8). Click here for pre-fledging pictures form box 3 (11 great tit chicks) The IR camera, in box 1, has been running for most of the year and pictures are still being updated. There is a great tit roosting most nights. |
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| 22nd May |
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| 19th May |
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| 18th May |
Box 2 - No activity - Camera removed Box 4 - No activity, BT nest abandoned Box 5 - No activity Box 6 (no camera) - 5 GT eggs, probably abandoned. Box 7 - Blue tit started incubating around 21st April, still sitting. Looks like a lost cause. Box 8 - No activity, part built blue tit nest abandoned. |
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| 5th May | Box 1 - Great
tit roosting, camera now live overnight Box 2 - No activity - Camera removed Box 3 - At least 10 of the 11 eggs hatched by 2nd May. Both parents feeding the young. External camera added. Box 4 - Occasional visit from blue tit(s) Box 5 - No activity - Camera uploads stopped Box 7 - Blue tit started incubating around 21st April Box 8 - No activity, part built blue tit nest abandoned. Camera removed. |
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| 28th April | Box 1 - Little
activity, possibly a GT roosting Box 2 - No activity - Camera uploads stopped Box 3 - 11 great tit eggs laid by 21st April Box 4 - Blue tits seem to have moved on (19/4/09) Box 5 - No activity - Camera uploads stopped Box 7 - Blue tit started incubating around 21st April Box 8 - Blue tits seem to have moved on (25/4/09) Only 2 camera boxes house birds with eggs. In the non-camera boxes, 2 have blue tit and one has great tit activity. |
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| 14th April | Box 1 - Little
activity, possibly a GT roosting Box 2 - No activity since GT moved out (to Box 3?) Box 3 - 1st GT egg laid on 11th April Box 4 - Blue tit roosting and some daytime activity Box 5 - BT roosting, no daytime activity Box 7 - BT roosting, nest built for ~2 weeks Box 8 - Pair of BTs active in daytime |
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| 23rd February |
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| 16th February | The i-Catcher
system has been restarted and pictures from 4 cameras are uploaded when there
has been some movement in the boxes. Box 1 - Some daytime great tit activity Box 2 - Some daytime great tit activity Box 3 - Great tit roosting and some daytime activity Box 4 - Blue tit roosting and some daytime activity |
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| 23rd January | We have added a
video server to Box 2 to show the roosting great tit
Click here for latest
pictures. Unfortunately, we have not had the time to refurbish the main system for the new season yet. |
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| Last Year |
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