News Archive
What's new items published on the homepage are archived here listed in date order with newest at the top.- BirdBox Project - The Film
Thursday 26th May 2011 - Ask an Expert Day 27th May 2011
Sunday 8th May 2011 - Walter Infant Pupils' Scientific Discovery
Thursday 5th May 2011 - 2011 Season
Monday 14th March 2011 - Final ask a puffin expert online - 8th July 2010
Sunday 4th July 2010 - How to build your own bird box
Thursday 1st July 2010
2007
Tim Davey (Associate Adviser for D&T, Children and Young People's Services, West Sussex County Council) has kindly produced a series of help sheets in pdf format for schools wishing to build their own camera nesting boxes. You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. - BirdBox 2010 Survey
Tuesday 8th June 2010 - Friday May 28th :Ask an Expert Live VC Event
Tuesday 18th May 2010 - 1001 Inspirational Birdbox Learning Activities
Thursday 13th May 2010 - Birdbox Project - are you broadcasting today?
Sunday 18th April 2010 - British Trust for Ornithology - free resources
Tuesday 2nd March 2010 - Kent Bird Watch Survey January 2010 Results
Tuesday 2nd February 2010 - RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 30-31 January 2010
Friday 29th January 2010 - Kent Birdwatch Project 2010
Monday 30th November 2009 - NatureWatch 2010
Tuesday 3rd November 2009 - 2009 - More Questions and Answers
Thursday 21st May 2009 - Quote of the Day
Sunday 10th May 2009 - Today : Live Ask an Expert Session Thursday 21st May 2009
Friday 8th May 2009 - New Birdbox Website
Friday 17th April 2009 - First Day of Spring
Thursday 19th March 2009 - National Nest Box Week 2009
Wednesday 4th February 2009 - Alderney PuffinCam
Monday 22nd December 2008 - Last of the brood
Monday 7th July 2008 - Ask an Expert 2008
Tuesday 10th June 2008 - Birds Have Flown except...
Wednesday 4th June 2008 - Latest Update
Monday 19th May 2008 - Friday 16th May - Service returned
Tuesday 13th May 2008 - Hiltingbury Infant School
Monday 12th May 2008 - Welcome Gateway
Friday 9th May 2008 - Friday midday update
Friday 2nd May 2008 - Hatching at LGfL
Thursday 1st May 2008 - Thursday 1st May
Thursday 1st May 2008 - Ask a Wildlife Expert Online
Tuesday 22nd April 2008 - Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
Wednesday 23rd January 2008 - A pair of Collared Doves
Thursday 14th June 2007 - Bentley School, Hampshire Online
Tuesday 22nd May 2007 - Welcome Wokingham
Wednesday 9th May 2007 - Live Pictures from Kent
Sunday 6th May 2007 - See how tiny the eggs are
Thursday 3rd May 2007 - Nine Eggs Hatched at Bursledon Junior
Monday 30th April 2007 - We can see seven eggs
Saturday 28th April 2007 - And finally - June 2006.
Thursday 15th June 2006
The young birds at Solent Infant School have left the nest successfully. That phase of the Birdbox Project 2006 concludes and all webcams are now switched off. We are planning other activities.. - Weather Data Comparisons
Wednesday 14th June 2006
As the chicks in Portsmouth test their wings ready to fledge, Pennington Infant School broadcasts live weather data. - Here comes the food
Wednesday 7th June 2006
Our first external view of the Solent Infant School nestbox. - Nesting season draws to a close.
Saturday 3rd June 2006
The birds have flown from the nesting box at Poulner Infant School. (See Squawk Back'.) Solent parents are now busy trying to find enough food for their two remaining chicks. We have a live weather data feed from Bentley School, near Farnham. - Ready to fly?
Tuesday 30th May 2006
The chicks are testing out their wings. - Weather data broadcast from Bentley School
Tuesday 30th May 2006
The first of the high-tech bird boxes has started collecting weather data at the Bentley Primary School site in Hampshire. - Ask an Expert
Friday 26th May 2006
Ornithologist, Peter Haynes was online during Friday, answering questions. - Pennington's bees. Apiarists to the rescue.
Friday 26th May 2006
Dramatic scenes as local apiarists remove swarming bees next to the empty nesting box. - Lots of Links
Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Download a comprehensive sheet of birdbox related links. - Ask an Expert Day
Friday 19th May 2006
The Birdbox Project will be running an Ask an Expert day on Friday 26th May. Just before the first chicks are expected to leave their nests, ornithologist and ranger Peter Haynes will be online to answer questions from his office in the Hurtwood, in the Surrey Hills. - What a difference a weekend makes
Monday 15th May 2006
Monday May 15th. We have added more broadcasting capacity. - Bursledon Junior School Images
Saturday 13th May 2006
Bursledon Junior School, near Southampton, is recording crystal clear still images of their nesting bluetits. - Charles Kingsley's School - Chicks Hatched
Saturday 13th May 2006
Saturday afternoon and another head teacher returns to school to re-start the bird box broadcaster. Mother bird at Charles Kingsley's School is seen eating the empty eggshells shortly after chicks have hatched. - Poulner Infant back online...
Saturday 13th May 2006
STOP PRESS Head teacher returns to school to re-connect camera... - Charles Kingsley's School Joins Project
Thursday 11th May 2006
North East Hampshire primary school uses broadband to broadcast live pictures. - Mother bird spotted in Solent Infant School nest box
Tuesday 9th May 2006
A total of seven eggs are now visible. - 6 Eggs at Solent Infant
Monday 8th May 2006
The eggs are now clearly visible and there are 6. But where is the mother bird? - Ringwood 6 - Portsmouth 5
Monday 8th May 2006
Sunday evening, 7th May, it was unmistakable. There were five eggs in Portsmouth's Solent Infant School birdbox. - Six eggs in the Poulner Infant nest box
Saturday 6th May 2006
Poulner Infant School in Ringwood, Hampshire broadcast views of six eggs in a Great Tit nesting box. - No sign of Solent eggs yet!
Friday 28th April 2006
Solent Infant School in Portsmouth is broadcasting some superb images of their blue tits bringing new nesting material into the bird box. Regular sightings early today, Friday. But when will we see some eggs? - Join in
Tuesday 18th April 2006
Do you have a camera in your birdbox and would like to contribute? - Awaiting residents
Tuesday 18th April 2006
April 18th 2006. New bird box, new camera, new birds? Will the Pennington Infant School birds take up residence? - 2005 - Pennington birds have flown.
Monday 30th May 2005
Bank Holiday Monday - and the nest is empty. - Live Ask an Expert Session
Thursday 26th May 2005
Peter Haynes will be available once again to answer questions in the Squawkback section.... - King's Furlong Online
Wednesday 25th May 2005
The first live pictures have been broadcast from the nestbox at King's Furlong Infant School in Basingstoke. Thanks to the technical team, network modifications were made to make this possible. - Meet our expert Peter Haynes
Monday 23rd May 2005
Our resident eggs-pert is really looking forward to answering your questions on Thursday morning, May 26th at 11.00a.m. Learn more about Peter's fascinating work as Ranger on the Hurtwood..... - Ask an Expert - Live!
Saturday 21st May 2005
Don't miss the online 'Ask an Expert' session on Thursday 26th May. Find out everything you need to know about British birds. - Eight hatched from twelve eggs.
Thursday 19th May 2005
From the 12 eggs in the nestbox at Pennington, 8 have hatched out. See the lovely blue tit picture drawn by Deborah in Year 2. - Newly hatched chicks. Video.
Thursday 12th May 2005
No sooner hatched than demanding food. - Not one but four
Wednesday 11th May 2005
The mother bird has been seen tending the new arrivals. (Wednesday 11th May 2005) - The first babies have hatched
Wednesday 11th May 2005
Birdbox Latest. (Wednesday 11th May 2005) The first eggs have hatched at Pennington Infant School. View the video... - Videoconferencing
Friday 15th April 2005
Last year's project provided ample opportunity to share the excitment using videoconferencing... - Common facts about blue tits
Thursday 14th April 2005
Did you know that blue tits have a wingspan of 12-14cm, a body length of 12cm and weigh about 11g? Common facts about blue tits....
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