I will add a more detailed update ASAP, but nest building has continued in Box 3, for the last few days. One small issue is the House Sparrow nest is beginning to block the camera view 🙁 This morning feathers and fine material has been brought inside the box, by […]
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Since 8am this morning, a male and female House Sparrow have been bringing in nesting material into Box 3. It may be that I will have a nest to report on 🙂 One small issue is the Great Tit is still roosting in the box overnight. I am not sure […]
Something new happened today. Our Blue Tit rushed into it’s box at a very speedy rate. The reason why wascaptured by our outside camera. Another Blue Tit arrived at the entrance to the box, and spent some time trying to tempt our bird out. In the end it gave up […]
Something new happened today. Our Blue Tit rushed into it’s box at a very speedy rate. The reason why wascaptured by our outside camera. Another Blue Tit arrived at the entrance to the box, and spent some time trying to tempt our bird out. In the end it gave up […]
A new year. Our roosting Blue Tit is still with us. It first arrived in November 2005, and has roosted in oneof our bird boxes ever since. There has not been much other activity.
With the increased amount of activity yesterday, I was hoping the House Sparrows had not been put off. Apart from one brief visit to the entrance hole, of Box 3, by the male House Sparrow no other activity was recorded today. I am hoping the Great Tit has not forced […]
Following on from yesterday’s shock of a possible House Sparrow nest in Box 3t, I turned on the cameras at 8am and was pleased to see both the male and female House Sparrow still visiting. Activity carried on for most of the morning, with little bits of material being brought […]
Visitors that have followed my website over the years may recall that back in 2006 I had a pair of House Sparrows use one of my boxes and successfully raise a brood of two. Sparrows have sadly seen a decline in my area and do not visit my garden very […]
Welcome back to my website. Firstly sorry for the lack of updates over the years to my website. This has been due to my boxes not being used for the last few years (apart from roosting birds) and so I sadly had no nests to share and follow on my […]