Spring Awakening Among the Hedgehogs

While the great tit in the nest box is still waiting for its first egg, there’s already plenty of activity on the ground. We’re thrilled: two of our little worries from last year are officially back from hibernation! Old friends at the feeder I was especially delighted to see a female bird, whom I recognized […]

From a bed of moss to a cozy nest: How our great tit builds its nest

It’s a fascinating spectacle every year: as soon as the first signs of spring begin to appear in nature, our nesting boxes come to life. Over the past few days, we’ve watched our female great tit work tirelessly on her nest. Hard work with her beak Building a nest is a truly monumental task for […]

A secret squatter: Nesting in the garden shed!

Actually, I just wanted to relax today and look out the living room window into the garden. But as is often the case with us bird lovers, my gaze was immediately drawn to even the slightest movement. I noticed that a small bird kept flying purposefully through the slightly open window of our garden shed. […]

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 […]