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Drain pipe nest box
Barn owl nest box made out of some old drainage pipe I found on a mountain side. Www.projectnestbox.co.uk

Richard Evans
Oct 23, 20231 min read


The scurge of our Countryside
Lots of my Barn Owl nest boxes have been taken over by the scurge of our countryside. I've not got the heart to evict them with winter...

Richard Evans
Oct 22, 20231 min read


Friday afternoon workshop
Just a few images from my Coed Eva primary school Friday afternoon workshops.

Richard Evans
Sep 29, 20231 min read


Garnteg Primary school
Fab day spent with Garnteg Primary school pupils erecting nest boxes. Garnteg pupils constructed these nest boxes for Gwent Wildlife...

Richard Evans
Sep 28, 20231 min read


850 landmark
This morning with my trusted k9 helper I managed to erect my 850th small nest box on Llanover estate land. So there are 855 small nest...

Richard Evans
Sep 25, 20231 min read


Barn owl nest box 57
Fitted my 57th Barn Owl nest box last week. Once again a majestic old Welsh Oak was chosen in open farm land. Set in some truly...

Richard Evans
Sep 17, 20231 min read


Newport Wetlands open day
It was a very busy Bank Holiday weekend at the Gwent Ornithological society open day held at Newport Wetlands centre. Lots of families...

Richard Evans
Sep 17, 20231 min read


Volunteer recruitment
Looking to recruit a volunteer to help erect some Barn Owl nest boxes this week. If you can spare some time please get in touch....

Richard Evans
Aug 13, 20231 min read


2 Barn Owl boxes fitted
A huge diolch yn fawr iawn to my good friend Shaun Doughton for helping me erect two Barn Owl nest boxes this morning. High hopes for...

Richard Evans
Aug 13, 20231 min read


800 small nest boxes
Well today I surpassed 800 small nest boxes fitted at Llanover estate. Took me a few years to get there but I can hopefully witness the...

Richard Evans
Aug 9, 20231 min read


Barn owl down
The Barn Owl is a species of open country, favouring lowland habitats such as farmland and young plantation woodland. Populations have...

Richard Evans
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Open fronted nest boxes
A vert productive day today finishing off 20 open fronted nest boxes in order to hopefully attract a few pairs of Spotted Flycatchers...

Richard Evans
Aug 3, 20231 min read


Huge stock
400 small tit boxes, 12 little Owl, 2 Tawny owl, 10 Barn Owl nest boxes all made up painted and ready to fit. I predict an exceptionally...

Richard Evans
Aug 2, 20231 min read


At last !!!! Spotted Fly 😃
Today I managed to ring my first brood of Barn Owls of 2023. This particular brood of 5 chicks consisted of 3 females, 1 little male and...

Richard Evans
Jun 25, 20231 min read


Lots of Barn Owl chicks
Checked on 6 Barn Owl nest boxes this morning with my good friend Shaun Doughton. It was so rewarding to count so many healthy Barn Owl...

Richard Evans
Jun 18, 20231 min read


3 new internal Barn Owl nest boxes
Managed to construct 3 internal Barn Owl nest boxes over the past two days. Hopefully will have time to build a few more now I'm on half...

Richard Evans
May 30, 20231 min read


Pied Fly fledglings
My Pied Flycatchers are busy feeding their young and the weather is perfect for the insect, flies and invertebrates. Hopefully plenty of...

Richard Evans
May 29, 20231 min read


Police cadets to the rescue
A Huge thank you to Alex and Hayley (Gwent Police CSO'S), Cery's and Lucie (Gwent Police Cadets) for your continued support and help...

Richard Evans
May 14, 20231 min read


First Pied Fly eggs of 2023
My first Pied Flycatcher eggs of 2023. I shall be out monitoring about 200 nest boxes on Sunday accompanied by Gwent Police Cadets....

Richard Evans
May 12, 20231 min read


Volunteers needed
Looking for some volunteers for this Sunday to help me monitor Pied Flycatcher/Redstart nest boxes. If you can spare 3 to 4 hours on...

Richard Evans
May 9, 20231 min read
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