April is the month when we usually see birds starting to nest in our nest boxes. Our Infant box (B&W birdcam) already has a few strands of grass it and we have had visits from Great Tits and Blue Tits. Help us record what you see happening in our boxes during April by leaving your comments on this post.
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- Will we have another Great Tit Nest?
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- Nest wiggle
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- Plenty of moss – 10th April
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- A soft lining – 16th April
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- The first egg – 19th April
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- Checking the eggs
Some more dried grass has been brought into the box today. Didn’t see which bird did it though.
has just saw a bluetit in are bird box
A great tit seems to be very busy in the box this morning doing a nesting wiggle. Hopefully they won’t be put off by the window replacement project during the Easter holidays.
Wow – I didn’t know where to look first this morning, I was busy swapping between watching your great tit and Pottery Schools sparrow.
A great tit roosted in the B&W box for the first time last night after finally bringing in more nesting material during the previous day (mainly moss). They have also made an early start this morning bringing in lots more moss.
No activity in the colourcam box yet, having a cement mixer under it might have something to do with this! Colourcam went offline last night.
Over the last few days, the great tits have brought in some white, fluffy wool like substance. Looks very similar to what they used last year. I wonder what it is?
The great tit seemed to be roosting in a peculiar position last night and a trip to school today revealed why. The nest box had been dislodged during the window replacement work and was dangling from one corner. It has now been rehung. Let’s hope the birds haven’t been put off by their topsy turvy home.
The roosting great tit spent some time this morning awake and adjusting the nest. She was very careful to cover the well of the nest before leaving the box at around 6.30 am. Has she got something to hide?
Almost certainly an egg, a better view of it this evening before the great tit came in to roost. That’s four days earlier than last year. Watch out for egg number 2 tomorrow.
We can see some moss and have spotted one little egg. We can see grass.
We saw a sparrow in the nest box and we think he broke an egg.
Just seen a sparrow in the box, I hope it’s not going to destroy the eggs!
How do birds lay eggs.
The chicks have grown much bigger and cuter.