Spring 2012.

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Archive :

Saturday 7th May 2011

When we checked the camera early today it was clear that the nest had been abandoned. All seven chicks have died.

Tuesday 19th April

A beautiful sunny day with a temperature of 25.2 ºC recorded. Eight eggs and the leaves on the oak tree are all out now.

Saturday 16th April 2011

7 eggs.

Thursday 14th April 2011

Looks as if we now have 5 eggs.

Sunday 10th April 2011

I think we have our first egg.

February 17th 2011

Two blue-tits are visiting the tree where our birdbox is. They are returning lots of times during the day. Every now and again one pops inside to look around. It isn't always the same bird that looks in. View the recording from 'Our Birdbox Page'.

Tuesday January 25th

The overnight resident is still evident. A blue-tit has spent a lot of time inside the nest-box during the day and has been defending the territory when other birds try to get in.

Monday January 24th

Two blue-tits have been inspecting the birdbox during daylight hours.

Tuesday 16th November 2010

We have a bird overnighting in our birdbox.

Monday 24th May 2010 15:42h

The remaining 4 chicks have left the nest.

Sunday 23rd May 17:23h.

Sat outside watching the birdbox entrance we saw a little head poke out and the bird then flew away. We think it was the first of the chicks fledging. They have been flapping their wings for the fast few days and today started looking out of the entrance hole. There are only 4 visible inside now. It must be very warm inside the box as it is 28°C outside.

Sunday 16th May 2010

08:40 It's quite clear today that there are, in fact, five chicks.

Friday 14th May 2010

08:30 Both parents are hard at work delivering food to the four hungry chicks. They call out and have their beaks wide open as either bird nears the nest. Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheep. Early morning and late evening seem to be the busiest times with a parent coming into the nest every minute or so. The mother is now spending much less time sitting on her chicks. View our 'Our Birdbox Page' for recordings...

Thursday 6th May 2010

00:26h Our Great Tit rests after a long day. Nice to see her put her head under her wing to sleep. But not for long. Even during the night she controls the chicks and then, content, settles back to sleep. (Observed from a hotel room in Glasgow prior to the NEN conference.)

Monday 3rd May 2010

Our first chicks have hatched. We have seen both parents bringing in grubs to feed them. It was cold 5°C during the night but has risen to 10°C at 12.00h.

View the recordings...

Saturday 1st May 2010

Whilst the mother Great Tit is out of the nest seeking food and some exercise, you can clearly see the typical orange-brown flecks on her 6 eggs. They are about to hatch we think. Cloudy with a slight breeze 16°C at 14:30h BST. We have just watched her peep out of the nest box. The father bird was waiting for her on the roof. They both flew off together.

Sunday 25th April 2010

We have added a photo' sequence of the mother bird returning to the nest-box. Click here to view...

Monday 19th April

We have eggs. View our 'Our Birdbox Page' for details..

You may also wish to compare our entry for Sunday 19th April 2009 below.

Wednesday 14th April

A Great Tit spent the night in the box and has been bringing in more nest material. After leaving the box this morning, it sat on a nearby branch for a while, then flew down to the hanging bird-feeder close by.

Tuesday 13th April

A Great tit has been seen bringing in nest lining material today, followed by a pair of blue tits having a look around.

Monday 12th April 2010

10:38h. Nesting material has been brought into the box during the last few hours. We have not seen the visitor yet!

Thursday 8th April.

There is no evidence of nesting activity this year.

Wednesday 3rd March 2010
A pair of bluetits have been inspecting the inside of the birdbox

Please tell us which species of birds you have seen on this site. Add comments to our 'Squawk' section above.

Sunday 31st January 2010
First visitor to the box...

Saturday 30th January 2010
Our Mccam birdbox was mounted in its new position just before sunset today.

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2009 Archive

During the evening of Sunday 3rd May 2009, it became obvious that the mother bird was absent. As the evening wore on and temperatures dropped below 6 C., the baby birds stopped moving. We have to assume the nest has been abandoned. This is especially sad as the mother bird has been a nightly guest in the box since before Christmas.

Sunday 3rd May 2009
Today we saw the father bird bringing food for the mother bird. There are now six beaks asking to be fed and one egg remaining. However the last egg was laid two days later than the others. Mother bird offers the grubs round for the young to take bits one at a time.

Saturday 2nd May 2009
Mother bird is spending time bringing food into the nest for 4 dayold chicks and keeping the remaining 3 eggs warm.

Friday 1st May 2009
We have two chicks hatched.

Tuesday 28th April
A cold, misty start to the day at 3 degrees. Temperatures sank to below freezing overnight.

Monday 27th April
A wet day 9 degrees. Mother Great Tit comfortable out of the rain siting on her seven eggs.

Friday 24th April
The leaves on the Oak tree have suddenly come out this week. 08.15h 14.8 degrees C.

Thursday 23rd April

The mother bird is spending much more time, day and night, sitting on her 7 eggs.

Monday morning, 20th April

Another egg this morning. We now have seven.

Sunday 19th April - Another egg!

It was a cold night with no cloud cover and a low outside temperature of of 2.3 degrees C. The mother bird is spending more of her time sitting on the eggs. With a beautiful sunrise and dawn chorus, the day looks promising. 4 degrees C at 07:15h.

Can you spot that another egg has appeared this morning. We have six eggs which you can see when the bird flies out for food? She can be seen turning them from time to time.

Saturday 18th April
We have a great tit sitting on five eggs. Please add comments to our blog.