The saga of the camera in the nestbox continues. Readers may recall that the two blue tits that had successfully laid eggs on the nestbox with a miniature camera inside were predated by the male sparrowhawk that hunts through the paddock.
THERE are many emails and contacts from readers of this column and it is one of the reasons, as far as am concerned, it is so satisfying.
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Over many years I have been very fortunate in seeing some outstanding and very moving wildlife spectacles.
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THERE always seems to be something happening in the garden as far as wildlife is concerned and last week was no exception. However, one bird was slightly different as it presented a mystery that I am
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I HAVE never given much consideration to polygyny in birds, where in a breeding system a male regularly mates with two or more females.
The first time I came across this behaviour was when a warden of a National Nature Reserve in the Highlands rang to say that he had proved that one male golden eagle was paired up with two females.
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