Box 2 – Occasional visits from blue tits and great tits

Box 3 – Occasional visits from blue tits and great tits. Some nest material, possibly brought by the great tits.

Box 4 – A blue tit roosts at nigh and great tits are building a nest during the day. They must meet some time!

Box 5 – One inspection by a blue tit otherwise just spiders.

Box 7 – After a period of inactivity, a blue tit made a couple of visits today.

Box 8 – A few eggs laid. It is hard to see how many as they are well covered.

Box 1 – Blue tit nest almost finished and one bird usually roosts here.

Box 2 – A great tit has been seen to visit.

Box 3 – The camera has only just been re-installed. It looks like something has been in the box but the pictures have not updated  from last year’s final captures yet as the activity has been minimal.

Box 4 – Blue tit roosting.

Box 5 – No activity, the pictures have not updated  from last year’s final captures.

Box 7 – Looks like a blue tit’s nest but the pictures have not updated  from last year’s final captures.

Box 8 – Blue tit nest almost completed.

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Box 1 – 9/10 blue tit eggs hatched and all 9 chicks fledged on 25th May. Archived here.

Box 2 – 4 blue tit eggs hatched. sadly, the nest was deserted well before they were ready to fledge.

Box 3 – 4/5 Great tit eggs hatched but only 2 chicks made it to fledge.

Box 4 – A blue tit nest was part built but not used. Archive for boxes 2, 3 & 4.

Box 5 –  3 or 4 Great tit eggs hatched but only one chick fledged today. Box 5 Archive.

Box 7 – This may have been too close to the woodpecker nest. There were early visits by a pair of blue tits but no nest was built.

Box 8 – 8/9 Blue tit eggs hatched but disaster struck just as the chicks were ready to fledge. The parents did not return one afternoon and the chicks died. Boxes 7 & 8 archive.

Woodpeckers – A pair of woodpecker nested in a tree quite close to box 7. Whilst this probably resulted in box 7 not being used, the nest was within range of a network switch & power so we were able to install a camera. 2 chicks fledged on 25th May. Woodpecker archive.

2 woodpecker chicks fledged today. The 1st one followed its father. The second seemed to exit in a less controlled manner.

Click here for a video of the 1st to fledge and here for the 2nd. Please download the videos (right click, save as etc) and play them from your own machine to conserve our bandwidth. The video quality is not particularly good as the light level was low and there was strong back light through the trees.

Uncontrolled Exit of Woodpecker Chick

Where Did it Go?

The woodpecker chick is coming further out of its hole to feed and must be near to fledging as well.

Greater Spotted Woodpecker & Chick

The nest overlooks box 7 which may explain the blue tits not nesting in  that box this year.

Box 2 – 5 blue tit chicks

Box 3 – 2 great tit chicks looking close to fledging

Box 4 – Blue tits part built a nest but it has been abandoned. Camera off.

Box 5 – It looks like there is only one great tit chick surviving. It is difficult to see what is happening as it has a side view camera.

Box 7 – Apart from a few visits by blue tits, nothing much has happened here.

Box 8 – Very sad, the 8 blue tit chicks were doing well. A few days ago the parents stopped visiting and the chicks died.

Box 1 – Blue tits, nest built

Box 2 – Blue tits, nest built

Box 3 – Great tits, one egg

Box 4 – Part built nest, probably blue tits but no activity for a few days.

Box 5 – Great tits, nest built, rooster overnight

Box 7 – Occasional visits by a blue tit.

Box 8 – Blue tits, nest built, rooster overnight.

We hope to have more running soon.

Box 2 – The female left the nest early one morning and did not return. There has been no further activity and unfortunately the chicks did not survive.

Box 4 – 6 chicks fledged on the 8th June.

Box 5 – 5 chicks fledged, 3 on 12th June and 2 on 13th June.

Box 7 – The scruffy family. 4 chicks seem to be ok and growing. It may be another week before they fledge.