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Blue tit sitting on her eggs in my live webcam nest box. link: http://www.aprilmcmanus.co.uk/webcam.htm

Hi . We put up some nesting boxes a couple of years ago and now it seems that finally blue tits have decided to take advantage of our free lodgings. That's the bed bit ! What do they have for breakfast ? We have feeders but there is nothing in them at the moment. I have been researching on the Internet...

These two are actually way beyond the courtship stage as they have been lining out our nestbox for a couple of weeks now. I managed to capture this moment this morning and wondered whether anyone knew the reason for it. The bird on the right was on the branch first and was crouched down, wings out...

Hi all I don't know if I am in the right place, as these RSPB chats are not as easy as some to understand. I shall ask anyway. Someone told me today that they had heard that you should not feed birds during the chick season as the food could harm the chicks. Does anyone know if this is true or...

I have had Blue Tits building in our nest box for 4 weeks now the first egg appeared this morning - web cam should be online 7am to 7pm http://2.26.4.125:8081 hope you enjoy it as much as we are (especially the grandchildren)

Hi Everyone, I have a nestbox with a camera inside and was really excited last week when I saw that a nest had started to be built. However the female has been acting very strangely these last couple of days. She keeps going into the box and removing the nesting, then bringing it back in only to remove...

i am still happily feeding bird seed variations to my garden visitors but would like any advice on trying some natural foods? i have been given lots of ideas like bacon and meat roast fat strips, obviously bread and others.....anyone got anything they`ve tried and had luck with? someone recently told...

i have just taken this with my compact, not bad for a beginner hey lol

This was taken when visiting Rutland Water. It was good seeing a few different species at the same time but a shame the coal tit and great tit had flown.

We're gearing up for Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. I hope many of you get to see sights like this great action shot from RSPB Images during your watch. However, even if you see none, please still let us know - it's still really important information.

Another photo of our resident Blue Tit who feeds each day from the hanging seed and peanut feeders. We saved an old slice of Oak tree trunk which was felled earlier this year (Oak was dead ! ) and the garden birds like to use this for their dining table :)

Daily garden visitor; this spring one pair of Blue Tits successfully raised 10 chicks in one of the 5 new nesting boxes we added to our large woodland garden.

For today's magic moment I thought long and hard. I looked at some charismatic creatures, some bright ones and some rare ones. But they didn't do it for me today. So I decided to sing the praises of something we see regularly. Something that I know I, and maybe you too, take for granted: the...

Busy mum, taken June 2012, Brentor Devon.

W ell, it’s finally here. The big weekend. You’ve done the preparation, you can only sit back and watch. Which is exactly what we want you to do! For just one hour on either Saturday or Sunday please sit down, take a look out of the window and count the birds in your garden. Oh, and then...

We all know that feeling... Our annual Feed the Birds Day takes place on Saturday and we've got loads of tips and advice to help you help your feathered friends. You can see more gorgeous photos from Nigel Blake at RSPB Images . Prints or canvases make beautiful Christmas presents!

Well, they had us fooled. Due to a limited amount of hunting witnessed and very little food seen going into the nest, all of us observing on top of Symonds Yat rock were under the distinct impression that we had one, maybe two, young Peregrines in the nest. Oh ye of little faith. We were wrong. Last...

As our Peregrines enter their final week of incubation at Symonds Yat we have little more to report of their behaviour. They have been particularly elusive the past week, with just a couple of sightings some days. Intruders continue to come and go. We had four Peregrines in the air the other day –...

After a flurry of Bank Holidays and regal nuptials, it’s time to bring the tales of Symonds Yat up to date. Our Peregrines are almost certainly on eggs, as the traffic to and from the nest hole will testify. The female is doing the majority of the incubation as expected and the male spends lots...

A somewhat quiet week has passed on Symonds Yat . Not people-wise thank goodness, but with our feathered troupe. The Peregrines continue to keep us guessing, with mating occurring again on the 11th. Peregrines usually mate up until the third egg is laid, and occasionally later, so we suspect she's...

In the words of 70s disco don John Paul Young, love is in the air at Symonds Yat mid-spring and not just with the Peregrines. The current breeding roll-call includes not only our peregrinatory stars, but also Canada Goose, Nuthatch, Kingfisher and Mallard. More on the supporting cast later. Our Peregrine...

This little one came quite close and was sat in front of the neighbours shed which gave me an orange background.

It was a cold morning when i took this. I wasted to get one with all the snow. My hubby,Greg, is mad about trains and has a garden railway. I woke him up early to get some photos in the snow. He was so long taking photos of his trains that by the time he'd finished (2 hours later!!!) when I got my...

Saw this little one and wondered what was wrong. Does anybody know? Thought it looked a bit rough!

This was a heart stopping moment, the little 'un was the last of seven to fly the nest box and was there for two days after the others had left. So I decided to give it a helping hand. Would it ? or wouldn't it ? but it did.