This nest box is part of a larger nest box project that monitors 120 boxes in the woodlands around Durham University. More information about this project can be found here.
We have a live nest camera on a blue tit nest just outside of the School of Biology Building. The live camera feed comes into the atrium in the Biology building. The nest has seven nestlings who are currently about 7 days old and the parents are kept busy feeding them. The camera broadcasts to two screens in the atrium and can be watched all day! Come up and visit us to see it.
This nest box is part of a larger nest box project that monitors 120 boxes in the woodlands around Durham University. More information about this project can be found here.
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Every year members of the Conservation Ecology Group monitor and ring Blue Tits and other woodland birds using nest boxes in the woodlands around Durham University. This effort is led by Dr David Baker and Dr Steve Willis. We are currently monitoring 120 nest boxes. Most of the boxes are active and have day 3 to day 9 nestlings. Follow us on twiiter @CEGDurham for updates and photos of the nest boxes. Monitoring nests throughout the spring provides useful information such as the timing of nesting, the numbers of eggs laid, timing of hatching, and the numbers of chicks that survive to fledge the nest. This data, combined with other nest box projects coordinated by the British Trust for Ornithology, is used to keep track of bird numbers and contributes to a growing body of knowledge on bird population trends across the country. Next year this project will contribute to incoming PhD student Claire Branston's project who will be working on a NERC-funded project, with CASE support from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). This project is titled ‘The role of climate and habitat in the reproduction and population dynamics of insectivorous birds in British woodlands’. The project will combine nestbox data collected at Durham with similar data from other sites that are co-ordinated by Ali Philimore at Edinburgh Uni, and also using the extensive data resource on nesting birds held by the BTO. This project is also part of ongoing research within CEG to monitor the biodiversity supported by the woods around Durham University. If you are interested in helping with the nest box projects or other projects around Durham, please contact a member of CEG or Experience Durham for available opportunities. For more information about nest boxes visit the British Trust for Ornithology website. Every week MSc student Stuart Brooker is moth trapping in the woodlands around Durham University. This week was reportedly a little slow, perhaps a reflection of the poor weather we have been having! Nonetheless, below are photos from the trapping and Stu's top picks for this second week. Tune in each week for Stu's moth updates!
Stay tuned each week for Stu's top moths! Masters student Stuart Brooker is conducting weekly moth trapping in the woodlands around Durham University. This week Stu's picks for the top moths were: Tune in each week for Stu's moth updates!
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