Will a blue tit nest where it sleeps? (1 Viewer)

[Onlyhuman]

Blue tits constantly visit my feeder and have slept in my nestbox in recent years, but they have always nested elsewhere, often in a nestbox in the neighbour's garden.

I'd love to have them raise a brood in my garden, is there any chance they might nest in the box one is currently sleeping in? Or do they tend to nest where they don't sleep?

 

[AnotherNightOwl]

I have a blue tit that has slept under the tiles of my porch for years. Might be different ones but they have been there for a few years now.

 

[The Cumbrian]

I was hoping sopmebody was going to answer this. A couple of years ago I replaced a well used but aged box. Nothing for two breeding seasons but at last one roosting in there. I will be interested to see if it nests - I certainly hope so.

 

[IanF]

Most winters we have a tit roosting in our nest box with a camera though not this winter. We've had a camera monitored box since 2003/4.

Some years it's a Great Tit and other years it's a Blue Tit. We've only ever had Blue Tits nesting in the box. When a Great Tit roosts over winter it leaves the box altogether late March and it's not until the first week of April that the Blue Tit begins inspection/nest building.

It's possible they may return to nest there but our limited experience is that winter roosting in a box isn't related to nesting in the Spring.

 

[Chkm8]

Have to agree with IanF I have 6 nesr boxes in place for several years and many are used for winter roosting but not reused for nesting and breeding in spring.

 

[mary99]

This is just my second year of camera boxing, last year, there were visits to the box from end of January onwards then they stated building 30/3 then after a few days started roosting.


This year on 2nd of Jan a blue tit started roosting. I was assuming it was the same bird and expected it to raise a brood but I didn't know that they could roost but not breed there.

There is also no way of knowing if it is the same bird, however it was a pair that checked out the box before the female started roosting so I'm hopeful.

She should be popping in around now,
mary

 

[Newbyphil]

This is just my second year of camera boxing, last year, there were visits to the box from end of January onwards then they stated building 30/3 then after a few days started roosting.


This year on 2nd of Jan a blue tit started roosting. I was assuming it was the same bird and expected it to raise a brood but I didn't know that they could roost but not breed there.

There is also no way of knowing if it is the same bird, however it was a pair that checked out the box before the female started roosting so I'm hopeful.

She should be popping in around now,
mary

Where can I get nest box cameras? Needs to be wireless and wifi to my phone or PC