Stretton Handley Colour Birdcam Blog

This year we have one combined  B&W and colour birdcam blog. Please leave all further comments on the new blog.

The warmer weather has seen the birds being a lot more active. Our B&W birdcam box has already had visits from Great Tits and Blue Tits during the day and a Blue Tit is still roosting in it at night. Nobody has reported seeing anything in our colour birdcam box, although some of the Infants spotted some blue tits flying up to it during one break-time.

If you spot anything in the boxes please let us know by commenting on this post.

Have you seen any birds in your garden? What were they and what were they doing? Perhaps you’ve seen some birds during breaktime or lunchtime in school. We would love to hear all about it, so please leave your comment here.

Mr Durward very kindly helped me clean out the nest boxes last week and modified the boxes to make them easier to clean out in future years. If you look carefully, the colour birdcam box has markings on it which will help us measure the depth of the nest. Let’s hope the birds appreciate our efforts and have a successful nesting season.

The birdcams will be live on the Internet, at least during school hours, from now on. Please let us know if you spot anything.

The birdcam will be offline until the box is cleaned out sometime during the Autumn Terms. Please check back later in the year. Don’t forget you can still leave comments on the “Birds out and about” post.

Our one remaining chick earned his wings this morning, fledging before the start of school. A happy ending to a week which saw the other chicks dying off one by one. Maybe we will see it in the school grounds.

This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during June 2008. The chicks have now hatched, will they survive to fledge? When did you first see their eyes open? When did they start to get their feathers? Help us keep a record of their development.

This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during May 2008. Will the birds continue to build their nest and lay some eggs?

This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during April 2008.

This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during March 2008.

You might see birds checking out the box or roosting at night or even catch an early bird starting to nest!