If you ever wanted to know how all our cameras and bird boxes are set up, this is the page to read! Below is lots of information about each bird box and the feeders we have in our garden.

Box 1

Bird Box 1 is a 25mm hole nester suitable for Blue Tits. It has been in use since 2004 and has had several successful families. In 2009 the Blue Tit family successfully raised 9 chicks. We hope for the same success this year!

There are 4 cameras on this bird box. Three of the cameras are situated in the removable camera housing that sits on top of the box in place of the normal lid. This contains an overhead camera, a camera facing the nest cup and an external camera looking down on the hole. The fourth camera is a side view camera in a removable box mounted on the side of the bird box

Box 3

Bird Box 3 is a hole nester suitable for house sparrows. We have only had 1 brood from this box and some interest in other years. We hope we get another successful brood from this box, this time with the cameras watching!

Box 4

Bird Box 4 is a Sparrow terrace which consists of 3 sparrow boxes next to each other. As sparrows like their close communities, this box is ideal for them. We have had a lot of interest in this box in the past but no nests as of yet.

Nest Perch

This nest perch is located high up on the same wall as the Blue Tit Box 1. It provides a safe and secure place for birds such as blackbirds to build their nests. In 2008 we had a successful brood of 3 chicks from a blackbird pair.