Blackbirds and the punk chicks in my garden! video

Blackbirds and the punk chicks in my garden! video

Blackbird builds her nest in my wildlife garden and has chicks Wooden fence panels to me are boring and almost useless for garden wildlife. They are transformed and much more interesting when clad in ivy and honeysuckle. I watched as the male blackbird keep guard...
Wren find insects after overnight frost in my wildlife garden

Wren find insects after overnight frost in my wildlife garden

The tiny wren finds food amongst the primroses Its not very often you are lucky to see a wren so close up and feeding, especially after an overnight frost and in such an open piece of ground. This was filmed through my office window. Troglodytes, troglodytes, meaning...
Leafcutter bee larva killed by Coelioxys bee larva using mandible film

Leafcutter bee larva killed by Coelioxys bee larva using mandible film

Which cleptoparasite killed the leafcutter bee larva? Around this particular nest box, used by leafcutter bees, I filmed 7 different solitary bee parasites. There are several suspects that killed the bee larva, though some can be eliminated from the investigation!...
Help farmland birds such as the skylark

Help farmland birds such as the skylark

New research to help farmland birds Why I have put a farmland birds appeal on my website. Having spent my childhood, youth and early adult days about 2 miles from Liverpool city centre, in a terraced house with a back yard, outside toilet, no bathroom and not a tree...