Here is a composite photo of the blue tit pair from box 7. The left and centre pictures are believed to be the female and the right picture is the male. It is the male that roosts in the box and we have seen the female performing nest wiggles. The female looks like she is […]
We were asked about the nest box entrance hole sizes and this was our reply: Most have 30mm but box 5 has 25mm. Some started with smaller holes but have been enlarged by occupants or a woodpecker. Some now have aluminium plates under the outer wood front. Box 7 has a 40mm thick, wooden front. […]
A new motherboard did not fix the server – the PSU is also dead so we dug out the pre-2010 server. That works, although it can only run iCatcher v3.3. However, it does most of what’s needed to run the movement-triggered picture uploads. All the boxes are in place but cameras are only fitted to […]
We had to borrow a few bits from the bird box server to fix another machine. That has meant that we have not been able to add the final pictures, from 2012, to the archive and the webcams are currently only updating single frames on a timed basis. In addition, a number of other parts […]
We have just added an archive and moved a couple of cameras around. Unfortunately, the great tit that was incubating eggs in box 5 was last seen on the morning of 17th May. The blue tits in the other boxes seem to be ok. Here is some detail of the events of the last couple […]
If you are thinking of getting a Nikon D800 or D800E, make sure you check the operation of the autofocus on all the sensors. See this link for more information.
We have accumulated a lot of bits, that have been used over the last few years of this project, that are now surplus. It is, or was, all working but most requires some knowledge of CCTV and/or electronics. If you are interested in any of the things listed below or on the sub-pages, please e-mail […]
Box 1 – Blue tit roosting & daytime visits Box 2 – Blue tit was roosting but may have moved to box 1. Some daytime blue tit visits. Box 3 – Great tit and blue tit inspections Box 4 – Blue tit roosting & daytime visits Box 5 – Great tit inspections (This box has […]
We have 6 internal cameras and one external camera running again. Blue tits are roosting in boxes 2, 4 and 7 and visiting box 1. There has been interest shown in box 5 by both blue tits and great tits but no activity in box 3.
Unfortunately we had a mishap with the disk containing most of last year’s data. What remained of last year’s captures are the archive – click here. A new server has been put together and will be on line soon. In the meantime, the cameras are being re-installed. Box 1 has an IR modified Axis 2100 […]
