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Man is Stunned After He Sets Up Camera Inside Bird Box and Attracts 41 Million Fans Worldwide
Leicestershire's John Chadwick has been amazed to find his simple birdbox videos have already had 41 million hits on YouTube.
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A wildlife fan who set up a camera in a bird box to film a family of blue tits was stunned when the videos attracted 41 million hits in one month.
43-year-old John Chadwick started live-streaming footage of the birds with their chicks so his family could watch their progress before they flew the nest.
But just weeks after uploading the videos to YouTube, he racked up millions of views from around the world.
John said: “It’s gone a little bit bonkers. I only wanted to show my neighbors, friends, nieces, and nephews what the birds were up to. I had no idea the films would attract such interest.
“To think that literally tens of millions of people have been avidly watching the birds from around the world is just incredible and quite overwhelming.”
The sound engineer, who has toured with Aerosmith and the Beatles’ Ringo Starr, bought the bird box on a whim during lockdown.
He installed it on a willow tree in the back garden of his home in Leicester in March, and within hours two blue tits moved in and they had five chicks.
John said: “Within a day the birds moved in, and I wanted to know what was going on inside.
“I’d learnt how to livestream to help my local pub do their open mic, and over lockdown in February I bought a bird box camera.
“I started to livestream and do a highlights video every day—on the first day 100 people watched it.