The Lilac Grove

Here a couple more videos caught over the last couple of days.

 

The hogs have been at it again, who needs rutting red deer!

 

The foxes are regular visitors now. I have had the trail cam out and got some nice footage of them.

 

 

 

I’ve just updated the Blue Tits 2012 page with all the excitement that has happened the last week. We now have 10 chicks, all the eggs hatched. Fingers crossed for the little guys

 

We have 2 foxes regularly visiting the garden. They are quite distinctive. One has the top of her ears missing and the other is a bit thin and looks mangy.

 

 

Loads of photos to upload so there will be another post in a bit.

At 12:30 today the first blue tit egg hatched. Have been worried about these, they were laid 3 days earlier than last year but the mum didn’t sit on them for a while. They have hatched 5 days later than last year. I assume they delayed hatching to try and avoid as much of the awful weather as possible, but I wasn’t sure they could do that.

 

This is a short video of it being fed shortly after attaching. The parents seem intrigued as to what it is!

 

 

After all the catch up I’ve been doing I’ve added a new page, my Project 365 for 2012. This will get regularly updated throughout the year.

Caught up with some photo processing, here’s a selection

 

Blue Tits

 

Horatio the hedgehog in soft release

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bullfinch

Greenfinch

Chaffinch with a punk hairdo

Siskin

Night Sky Stuff

 

 

 

 

Insects

 

 

Woods

 

 

River

 

Goosander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red kite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frogs

 

 

I’ve been catching up on some of the camera trap videos I have shot.

Here’s a roundup:

Horatio the hedgehog in his soft release pen.

 

Another of Horatio

 

 

Jason the hedgehog in soft release after the winter inside

 

 

Little Wood Mouse

 

Drinking hogs and swimming rats. The rat loved doing laps of the pond.

 

 

Church the hedgehog was the first hog we released for Cardiff Hedgehog Rescue last year.

Last night an unidentified hog appeared ion the cameras. Much to my delight it was Church. She’s doing well, had a few ticks which I had to remove (hate them) and she weighed 714g.

This is her now

This her been weighed last year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is some video I caught of year building her nest on the cams last year. She didn’t stay there for the winter though. No idea where she went. They bury themselves so well I imagine it’s impossible to find them.

 

Meet the cast of 2012 in our garden

 

 

 

Sammi

Geldolf

Hampton

The Beast

 

Harriet

Henry

Geronimo

Groucho

Horatio

Godzilla

Gwendoline

 

Caught this on the cameras tonight. Surprised by the aggression. Pleased to report everyone is ok

 

 

I put out the trail cam down the side of the house last night to try and see where the hedgehog that appears there comes from. I had a great surprise after the pictures of cats when I saw this

Her ears seem a little strange, not sure if tips are missing or it’s just the angle of the shot.

I have put the trail cam out again tonight and some food to try and tempt it back. I’m trying dog food, peanuts and sultanas. Fingers crossed she becomes a regular.

I have also added a new page – Blue Tits 2012 – where I am going to show the story of our nesting blue tits, hopefully all the way from nest building to fledging!