Peter Street
New member
I cleaned out my camera nest box end of September in which seven Great Tits had been succesfully raised.
A few days ago I switched on the camera and have observed since then a Great Tit visiting the empty box over the course of the whole day, inside and looking around for a few minutes then out again, returning on some occasions in less than one minute to have another look around or preen itself. This goes on from morning till night when it is used for roosting, presumably by the same bird.
I can understand a bird taking an interest in a box and wanting to claim it for breeding but surely not as early as late October?
I find this behaviour rather bizarre and wondered if anybody could explain whether this is normal.
A few days ago I switched on the camera and have observed since then a Great Tit visiting the empty box over the course of the whole day, inside and looking around for a few minutes then out again, returning on some occasions in less than one minute to have another look around or preen itself. This goes on from morning till night when it is used for roosting, presumably by the same bird.
I can understand a bird taking an interest in a box and wanting to claim it for breeding but surely not as early as late October?
I find this behaviour rather bizarre and wondered if anybody could explain whether this is normal.
