| Date | Box 1 |
| 6 Feb | Box installed |
| 18 Feb | Bird in box |
| 26 Feb | A few bits of moss in the box |
| 27 Feb | Bird first roosted |
| 28 Feb | More moss and first nesting wriggle |
| 20 March | Fine snow fell for most of the day - bird still roosting overnight |
| 18 April | Nest nearly completed |
| 24 April | Nest cup being created |
| 25 April | First egg! |
| 26 | Egg 2 |
| 27 | Egg 3 |
| 28 | Egg 4 |
| 29 | Egg 5 |
| 30 | Egg 6 |
| 1 May | Egg 7 |
| 2 | Egg 8 |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Started incubating on 9 eggs. Male feeding female on nest. |
| 5 - 15 | |
| 16 | Eggs started hatching. 6 chicks & 3 eggs by the evening. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Now clear that 2 eggs are not going to hatch |
| 19 - 22 | |
| 23 | Early growth of feathers making chicks look darker. Mother no longer sleeping on her chicks |
| 24 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Eyes open and chicks could be seen blinking |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Wings quite well developed. Chicks wandering out of nest cup |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Chicks wing flapping first noticed |
| 31 May - 2 June | |
| 3 June | Chicks now very active. Much preening with occasional bouts of wing flapping |
| 4 | Chick still in box in morning. At 1500, chicks
observed looking out. After increasing frenzy, 2 left at 1700. By 1730, all chicks had gone |
| 9 June | Parents seen feeding chicks from mealworm feeder. |