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Welcome to our comments page. The comments below are from previous customers about their use of this website, the sevice given and the product they received from Birdcam. We are delighted to receive feedback from any of our customers and if you have purchased an item from Birdcam please let us know how you and 'your' birds got on. If you would like to send us a comment or a picture of inside a Birdcam Nest Box please do so, to debbie@birdcam.co.uk |
| This picture was sent to us from one of our customers in Ireland. They followed and recorded a full diary of the tit box through the nesting period. Their box was home to a family of Blue Tits.
Please Click Here to see the full picture diary of the Quinn's Blue Tit Nest Box in Ireland. |
Pictures from Bill Quinn in Ireland
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| "The enjoyment from those three weeks of TV equated to months of ordinary TV programmes. It was a real life drama happening in realtime that we were able to get personally involved with. It was sad when the birds left the box but it also provided an enormous sense of satisfaction that ‘our’ blue tit family had survived and continued to frequent the garden during the summer." - Barry Jerome, as featured in Living with Technology & Archive Magazine www.livtech.co.uk
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Pictures from Barry Jerome
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"I received a birdcam from my partner last Christmas, and set to in the new year, taking down an existing bird box (used by blue tits in 2004 and great tits in 2003) and replacing it with the bird cam box. We watched it most nights (better then the tv!) mainly watching ‘stuff’ blow about. During the period of heavy snow in February, a great tit appeared – brilliant. This bird over-nighted for approx a week and then disappeared for a couple of weeks. In early march, we experienced a bitter easterly wind and it returned for a couple of days. In mid march, during another snowy few days, a blue tit appeared and stayed for a few nights. These roosting birds typically appeared in the box just before dusk and usually left well after dawn, normally around 7.30am. Up to now, there was no nest material in the box – we felt guilty when you could see snow blowing in through the hole onto the bird!"
"On 27 April 2005 we noticed a small amount of moss had arrived, but no sign of what bird was bringing it in. Over the next couple of days, the amount of material increased, and we saw that it was a blue tit. After grooming our currently moulting border collie, I put a handful of dog hair in a shrub in the garden and within 15 minutes the blue tit had got most of it into the nest!" "To date (2 May 2005) the bird and its’ mate have briefly appeared in the box together. One has spent some considerable time pecking around the hole and inside the box – of course all caught on camera! We are at an altitude of 1000 ft (the daffodils have only just bloomed) so tend to be behind with the nature clock – but looking forward to hopefully seeing some eggs soon." "It’s been a really good gift – where nature is involved you need a bit of patience, but we’ve been lucky so far." Matt Neale, Garsdale Head, Cumbria.
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| "I have found it hard to believe that this 'channel ' could prove to be such compulsive viewing."
"Two years ago the blue tits started nesting in a bird box in the garden. I then purchased your bird cam and replaced the box. I was delighted to see that they nested almost immediately and in full view !. Last year they layed 12 eggs from which 9 chicks developed and finally fledged. This was great because the previous year had been a disaster and out of 9 chicks only 1 survived. I found 6 developed dead chicks in the nest and from their calling at night can only presume it was a bad year for food." "With the help of meal worms gladly the following year their luck turned. This year out of 12 eggs 8 chicks are now surviving. With the aid of the camera I was able to see that upon hatching the chick's sizes varied enormously. I am curious as to what caused this and more curious to observe that the 2 smallest chicks were rarely fed by the parents. It seems likely that they are the 2 that have not survived. It makes riveting viewing and by now has become quite a saga. Last year I was able to make a 30 min video which starts with building a nest and ends with the eventual fledging of all the birds. Set to music the kids love it. Couldn't recommend a better TV channel!" Sue Green
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