Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit

This is an historical archive of the activities of the MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit (MRC ANU) that operated at the University of Oxford from 1985 until March 2015. The MRC ANU established a reputation for world-leading research on the brain, for training new generations of scientists, and for engaging the general public in neuroscience. The successes of the MRC ANU are now built upon at the MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford.

Unit's Great Tit nest camera

10 May 2010

For the third year running, the ANU has a live nest camera feed in it's reception. This year the box, located outside the director's window, has been taken by a pair Great Tits. The previous two years the nest was occupied by Blue Tits. The female laid the first egg on the 18th April, and laid the eighth and final egg on the 25th April. All eight eggs had hatched by this morning (10th May), the first having hatched by Sunday afternoon (9th May).

The first installment of the video diary of the nest available to download here (38.5 MB).