Watch this interesting episode where a bumblebee drops by into Honeysuckle house and see how Babs see him off! It was a tense watch.
You can follow the journey on YouTube @honeysucklebirdhouse
Category: Bird Box
Bird Box “Honeysuckle House”
This is a live feed from our birdbox, nestled in a honeysuckle bush. We set it up back in 2021 and to our amazement, blue tits moved in, laid eggs and fledged in 2021 and 2022. Sadly no one moved in permanently during 2023, something spooked them during nest building. 2024 we had two blue tits move in and 6 chicks hatched, but sadly all passed over night due to a shortage of the caterpillars they eat had been washed off the trees, due to excessive rainfall.
2025 – We’ve got great tits moving in and building a nest; Victoria & Albert. Fingers crossed.
We have created a Facebook page to make it easy to share and follow their journey https://www.facebook.com/HoneySuckleBirdHouse.
Here are the latest posts
More chatty chicks, and someone looks like he/she might go flying soon!!!![]()
Episode 20 – No Cat, lots of chat and some flexing of wings!
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Thankfully, no cat visiting today. Instead lots of chatting and some flexing of wings. One of them looks like he/she might be ready to fledge soon!!!
The cat’s back 😠![]()
Episode 19 – The cat’s back – grrrrrr
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Yes, that damn cat’s back, but this time the defences deterred it. However, since it might come back again, we’ve covered the top of the house with nice spi…
Despite yesterday’s attempt by a cat to grab the chicks, all are well, and rather chatty 🙂![]()
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Also on the YouTubes too![]()
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Horrible cat tries to grab the V&A’s chicks from the nest, but thankfully fails!![]()
It came back for another go, so have added some defences.![]()
Ep.17. A nasty cat tries to grab V&A’s chicks – grrrr!!!
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Don’t worry – all chicks survived and we’ve added some defences to fend of the horrible cat.
6 Chicks still growing well. Can really see the feathers coming through now. Mum and Dad in and out all day long in the heat.![]()
Episode 15 – 6 chicks growing fast – are their eyes open?
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The six chicks are all doing well, look closely and you’ll see their eyes are starting to open.