Tragedy at the blackbird’s nest

Unfortunately, what I feared from the start happened today.The blackbird’s nest in the garden shed was discovered by a magpie. Unfortunately, all 4 chicks in the nest did not survive this encounter.I’ll spare you any pictures or videos here.Let’s hope that Nelly and Sammy (as the two blackbirds were named by the followers of my […]

Blackbird nest in the garden shed

Shortly before Easter, I noticed a blackbird that kept flying into or out of our open garden shed.So I took a closer look and discovered the reason for the busy flight traffic. The blackbird was building a nest in the shed.He had chosen an old roller shutter axle with a belt plate that I had […]

Ruffians

It’s nice to see that the three Garden Dormouse siblings are still together and healthy. In the meantime, the three have also rediscovered the hutch.From time to time, all three spend the night in the hutch. But if there are already three of them, they can of course pass the time with a bit of […]

Bustle in the Garden Dormouse nursery

Obviously, the little Zorro children feel very comfortable in their new home.When they are not asleep, they scurry around together in the cage and go exploring.So far, they are only looking cautiously out of the entrance hole to see what might be going on out there.But it shouldn’t be long before the little ones discover […]

Nursery Garden Dormouse nest

In the last few weeks it has been pretty quiet around the Garden Dormouse house. Apart from a few occasional visits from the mouse and Garden Dormouse, not much has happened.Until now. Because in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the camera in the cave reported one movement after the other.The viewing of the video […]

Nest was abandoned

I still owe you an update on the great tit nest. It’s a bit late, but at the moment I have a bit of work to do in the garden again, so I don’t always get to write an update here in the blog. But now the news about the great tit nest: Our great […]

Rental agreement was signed

After the Garden Dormouse’s inspection of the nesting box took place a few days ago, the lease was finally concluded.However, hard negotiations preceded the conclusion, which obliged me to further puff up the flat furnishings by adding a little more moss. Furthermore, I had to commit myself to providing fresh fruit every day in the […]

Short update from the tit nesting box

Over the last few days, I had tried every now and then to catch a glimpse of the eggs in the great tit’s nest.But every time she jumped out of the nest, her eggs were so well hidden that it was not possible to see the number of eggs.This morning I finally had a clear […]

Free view

After the first egg of our great tit was broken, I tried to find out every day whether there were more eggs in the nest.Unfortunately, this is not so easy, because before the great tit leaves the nest in the morning, all the eggs that have been laid so far are hidden under moss and […]

Home viewing

The hutch for our Garden Dormouse has been hanging in the garden for a week now.Last night was the big moment, and much sooner than I had thought.The little “Zorro mouse” appeared twice during the night and inspected the new flat extensively.The building substance as such, but also the rudimentary interior decoration, which I have […]