Three of our Great Tit chicks fledged on Sunday 31st May, unfortunately the other two chicks had died a few days previously. Videos and pictures will be added to the project blog in a few days time.
During April, Great Tits built a nest and laid five eggs. Incubation has started, so you can expect to see a bird on the nest most the time. Hopefully we should see our chicks hatch week commencing 11th May. (SATS week!)
Update: our our chicks have hatched
Please help us keep a record of activity in our black and white birdcam box (Infant nest box) by leaving your comments on this post.
During April some blue tits built a nest and started laying eggs. As the eggs have been laid, they have been very carefully covered so we have few sighting of them. Six eggs were spotted on 30th April and since incubation hasn’t started, we may expect some more in the next few days. How many eggs have you spotted?
Update: 14th May – The chicks have hatched!
Watch a video of our blue tit maintaining her very springy nest and being fed by her mate. Don’t forget to visit the project gallery to view more pictures and videos.
Help us record activity in our colour birdcam box (kitchen nest box) by leaving your comments on this post.
What birds have you seen in your garden and what were they doing? Do you have any nest boxes or do you encourage birds into the garden by feeding them? What’s their favourite food?
Perhaps you’ve seen some birds during breaktime or lunchtime in school or spotted some while out for a walk.
Please share your observations by leaving your comments here.
Blue Tits and great Tits have been visiting the box outside the Infant classroom every day and a blue tit often roosts in the box at night. Recently a pair of Tree Sparrows checked out the box, perhaps this year they will nest in the box rather than destroy other bird’s eggs!
Please help us keep a record of activity in our black and white birdcam box (Infant nest box) by leaving your comments on this post.
Update: 28th April – 5 eggs spotted in the nest!
Up until now there hasn’t been much activity in our nest box around the back of the school near the kitchen. A couple of blue tits have been spotted investigating the box from the outside and more recently have checked out the inside of the box.
Help us record activity in our colour birdcam box (kitchen nest box) by leaving your comments on this post.
Update: 26th April – 2 blue tit eggs spotted; 30th April – 6 eggs spotted
The warmer weather has seen the birds being a lot more active. Our B&W birdcam box has already had visits from Great Tits and Blue Tits during the day and a Blue Tit is still roosting in it at night. Nobody has reported seeing anything in our colour birdcam box, although some of the Infants spotted some blue tits flying up to it during one break-time.
Update: blue tits were spotted in the colour birdcam box on the last day of March!
If you spot anything in colour birdcam box, please let us know by commenting on this post.
Although still early in the season, we’ve already had quite a bit of interest in he box since it was cleaned out. We’ve had visits from great tits and blue tits and a blue tit has taken to roosting in the box most nights.
Watch out for nesting activity towards the end of this month and please let us know what you have seen, by leaving a comment on this post.
Mr Durward kindly helped me clean out our bird boxes at the end of January. He also modified them to make the cleaning job easier next year.
Please comment on this post if you spot any activity in our B&W birdcam box.
Mr Durward very kindly helped me clean out the nest boxes last week and modified the boxes to make them easier to clean out in future years. If you look carefully, the colour birdcam box has markings on it which will help us measure the depth of the nest. Let’s hope the birds appreciate our efforts and have a successful nesting season.
The birdcams will be live on the Internet, at least during school hours, from now on. Please let us know if you spot anything.
The birdcam will be offline until the box is cleaned out sometime during the Autumn Terms. Please check back later in the year. Don’t forget you can still leave comments on the “Birds out and about” post.
Our one remaining chick (in the colour birdcam box) earned his wings this morning, fledging before the start of school. A happy ending to a week which saw the other chicks dying off one by one. Maybe we will see it in the school grounds.
This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during June 2008. The chicks have now hatched, will they survive to fledge? When did you first see their eyes open? When did they start to get their feathers? Help us keep a record of their development.
Although the last house sparrow brood did not survive, house sparrows tend to have 2 or 3 broods a year, so we may still see some activity in the box later this year.
This is where you can post your comments about what you have seen on our colour birdcam during May 2008. Will the birds continue to build their nest and lay some eggs?
