Category: Blue Tit

After abandoning box 3, the pair of blue tits have decided that they actually prefer box 1 and have started to build a nest again! They were originally building in box 1 but stopped and moved to box 3. Now back in box 1 the nest is well underway with lots of material being brought […]

We woke this morning to find one egg in Box 3 from the Blue Tits sitting right in the middle of the nest cup. This looked very promising and that egg laying was underway. However, the blue tits only made a couple of visits to the box today and have not yet returned. The computer […]

Well it appears we are switching boxes this year! The Blue Tits decided after weeks of checking out our main blue tit nest box that they would actually build their nest in one of our sparrow boxes. Most of the cameras aren’t actually in place this season so we only had cameras on box 1 […]

Well yesterday there was evidence that nest building had started but today the box is more or less empty again! The pair of Blue Tits have been in and out this morning pulling pieces out and then just dropping them on the floor below the box. They go through this ritual every year so we […]

Nest building has started in Box 1 with one of the Blue Tits bringing in lots of nesting material. It doesn’t stay for long as it gets sorted and then taken out again! This morning there was the basis of a nest in the bottom of the box but now there is only a few […]

27th April Unfortunately, we haven’t seen the female blue tit for a couple of days now and we think something must have happened to her. The male blue tit still visits reguarly, calling all the time looking for his mate. It’s a sad end but it looks like the end for Box 1 this year. […]

31st May It was a busy morning for the parent Blue Tits, bringing in lots of food to the remaining 7 chicks, whilst also feeding the 2 fledglings. By 8.20am, 2 more chicks had fledged, leaving 5 in the nest. The next left at 8.45 and the final 4 had all fledged by 9.05am. They […]

24th March We haven’t seen a lot of the Blue Tit’s recently in the garden or the boxes so we think we will not be having any nesting birds this year in any of our boxes which is a shame! 20th March Both Blue Tits have been around in the garden a lot over the […]

6th May Unfortunately, the female did not return last night to cover her chicks, and looking at the cameras this morning, all the chicks have passed away. The male is still about bringing back food and is obviously a bit confused and it is very sad to watch as he tries to call to his […]

11th March Currently, Box 4 is getting a lot more interest than the main Box 1 at the moment! We hope our pair of Blue Tits settle down soon and decide which box they would like to nest in. It was around the end of March last year that nest building began so fingers crossed, […]