Friday 15 May 2015

How to make a Bird Box (Bird House) from a log

Here's the latest video I've made with my friend Rich - in this one he's showing you how to make a bird box (or bird house, for our American friends) from a log, just using a froe, mallet, saw and drill, plus a few nails and screws:



Here's the finished product, it'll be interesting to see if birds nest in it next year:
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Mike

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Sunday 3 May 2015

Bluebells and driftwood

Just a quick post to show some photos from this weekend, including the woods and the beach. First, the Bluebells, which are looking great again this year!

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Still some Wood Anemone in that last one too, though they're fading now. The area we coppiced 18 months ago is looking good too:
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And the path through Sweep Wood is passable but the plants are getting lively!
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Meanwhile, down at Pett Level, I thought this piece of driftwood looked amazing, so decided to photograph it from several angles - I was pleased with the results as this was using the phone camera, not the DSLR (though there was a bit of post-production in Lightroom too...)
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That's all for now...

Mike

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