We’ve been streaming live for over 12 years, starting with just the one camera. As others have been added the garden network has been developed piece meal to accommodate these additions to the point where it now requires a complete overhaul before it gets any more fragmented. Therefore, during this coming winter live streaming will be suspended, possibly for days/weeks at a time, while the work is carried out.

We will continue to post pictures and videos from other sources while the work in the garden is undertaken, and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their interest in our garden wildlife.

MGW have joined an affiliate program with Gardenature. By ordering via the links shown on our Wildlife Habitats page, and entering the code HOWLAND10 you should receive a 10% discount on your purchase. MGW will also receive a small commission for any purchases made which will be used to maintain our own wildlife habitats and live streams. Thank you.

New Raspberry Pi SCB application BirdNET-Pi on test this morning. Listens for, records, and analyses bird song making suggestions as to the type of bird recorded. We’ll see how the rest of the day goes.

For those of a technical bent, new cabinet to extend the garden network At the top NETGEAR 8 port switch (4POE/4), middle HIKVISION CVBS IPTV encoder and bottom twin power socket with USB outlets for CVBS/HDMI converters.

It’s arrived 🙂 Gardenature IP camera nest box hopefully for resident Robin. Just need some decent weather now to reorganise garden network for installation.