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    Bluetits nesting

    For the experienced amongst you this may be nothing, but to me it's fascinating to see just how clever & industrious these little birds are. They haven't nested with me for about 4 years but after spending every night here since Christmas it nice to see them again trying to raise young.
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    Would it be too cosy?

    It's a while since I was here, since Covid my birdbox has been rather empty 🤔 However "our" Bluetit returned to spend Christmas & New Year with us. My question concerns bedding. I've always left the box empty but have often wondered if putting in some sort of bedding would be a benefit, or a...
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    Nest box behaviour

    We've had this Bluetit with us now for 9 weeks and, due to the mess it leaves behind each morning, I clean it out daily using a proprietary cleaner. It usually comes back mid morning, as if to check the houswork has been done then leaves, before returning early evening. It's never shown any...
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    Bluetit - Him or Her?

    Hi folks, sorry it's been a while a since I last visited. Again on the subject of our "lodger". For a couple of years they haven't shown much interest but just before Christmas, and strangley enough after the very cold snap, it arrived. It's been spending each night with us since then. Now I...
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    Where have all the Sparrows gone? - UK

    I'm used to having lots of sparrows (& others) at my feeders but over the last few days they seem to have disappeared. They would come in droves several times each day but now I'm lucky to see 1 or 2 each day. Food is plentiful, as usual. The strange thing is they just don't seem to be...
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    Sparrowhawk - UK

    Am I correct in thinking this is a sparrowhawk? It appeared a few months back but nothing since, until yesterday, when it sat briefly on a neighbouring fence. Sorry the images aren't that good, but as soon as I tried to get closer off it went.
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    Feeder Visitor - UK

    This bird has visited a couple of times recently but this is the first chance I could get photos. It enjoys fat-ball suet & dried fruit pieces, & isn't skittish as it let me get to within about 5-6 ft before moving away. “Google Lens” did come up with a name but I’d be interested to know what...
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    Blue Tits Fledged

    Well, 20 days after all 9 successfully hatched the 2 survivors left the nest! Both parents worked immensely hard. It's not until the nest-box cam that I realised just how much work they put in. Of the 2 left there was clearly a dominant chick, it left first, followed 2½hrs later by the sibling...
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    Protective instinct

    Our Blue Tit has just hatched several chicks & is busy feeding them, as is the male. Sometimes both adults will pass food to the chicks but more often than not he passes it to the female who then does the feeding. As can be seen here, she's very protective and when he enters the nest box she...
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    Hatch success

    Just wondering, out of 9 how many would this Blue Tit usually hatch successfully. I'm not expecting a prediction, just a general percentage. Ta.
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    Blue Tit Nest

    It's now day 7 of her egg laying. Each day, around 6 am, activity begins and as soon as an egg is laid she covers it with material in the nest. Then a short time later she returns with more material to further bury the eggs. At first I wondered why she dug such a deep pit in the centre of the...
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    Bee or not to Bee

    I guess it's not surprising that insects find their way into nest boxes, but a bee is probably unwelcome. Certainly this blue tit thought so, when she returned yesterday evening. After sizing up the opposition she dealt with it in swift fashion.
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    It must be Easter

    Exactly 21 days after starting to build her nest this Blue Tit today presented us with her 1st (Easter) egg.
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    Would-be woodpecker

    Hi. Only 3 days ago a Blue Tit began nest building in our box & things are filling up nicely. One thing that is a little puzzling (to me at least) is that this female seems to think shes a woodpecker 3:-) As well bringing in nesting material she spends some time pecking away at the entrance...
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    Bedding

    For the past 5 weeks or so I've had a Blue Tit roosting quite happily in my nest box. I clean out the cr@p (of which there's plenty) daily after he leaves but otherwise it's just empty. That doesn't appear to cause him any issues. I read that you can put dry leaves / wood shavings in as bedding...
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    Blue Tit

    Please excuse me if I've got this wrong but I could use an ID. For about 3 weeks I've had a Blue Tit in my nest box, comes just before in gets dark & leaves as it's getting light again. Up to now I've only been able to get black & white images but today it arrived back around 11 am so colour is...
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    Hi from South Ribble

    Joined only today & looking forward to learning :t:
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