Welcome to BirdWatch2015
Several years ago I built the bird box below with two cameras inside to record the nesting activity of any birds who chose to use it. Unfortunately, our garden was a haven for cats which lead to quite a few years without any success in the box.
Now, we are virtually cat free and this year it looks like we may be successful in gaining an occupier to make a home for their new born.
The box is a converted Sparrow's box which could house three families. I modified it to house the camera equipment, which is a tubular CCD camera taking the side on views from opposite the entrance hole, with an InfraRed CCD pointing downwards, hopefully, above where the nest will be.
The cameras go into an audio/video switch which in turn feeds to the graphics card in my PC. The software used is i-Catcher v3.2., which will trigger whenever there is movement in front of the cameras. The quality will be fairly low due to the lighting conditions and Infrared lights. Unfortunately I don't have the resources of BBC Springwatch.
I will swap the views occasionally depending on how things progress. I will also run a live video stream once things start to occur.
If all goes well, expect to see some chicks leaving around the last week in May, but please be aware it's not Disney and things do sometimes go wrong. Fingers crossed tho'.
JnJ
If all goes well, expect to see some chicks leaving around the last week in May, but please be aware it's not Disney and things do sometimes go wrong. Fingers crossed tho'.
JnJ
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