Summary of Events - 2005

The diary started this year on 5th January.

Date Box 1 Box 2
5th Jan Camera on - first visit (old nest still there) Monitoring started
11th Jan   Tree partially blown over during night 
31st Jan Visits continue at the rate of one or two a day No monitoring
6th Feb Regular visits to the entrance hole  
7th Feb   Box moved to nearby oak.  External view only.
8th Feb   Frequent visits seen by the external camera
19th Feb   Internal camera view restored
11th Mar   First moss bought into box - and then removed!
16th Mar   Another bout of nest building
19th Mar Mating takes place inside nest box  
25th Mar Carlos (the male) starts roosting in box overnight  
26th May Megan (female) clears out droppings left by Carlos  
1st Apr   Nest building started in earnest!
3rd Apr Great tit very interested in nest box
Bluetit mating again takes place in box
 
5th Apr No sign of nest building in what is now a pretty messy nest box Nest more or less completed.  Kelly roosts in box overnight for the first time.
9th Apr Box cleaned and hole enlarged.  Male great tit inspects box.  Carlos prevented from roosting  
10th Apr Female great tit inspects box & starts nest building  
11th Apr Carlos driven away by Babe (female great tit)  
13th Apr Nest building more or less completed! FIRST EGG for Kelly
14th Apr   Egg 2
15th Apr   Egg 3
16th Apr Nuthatch driven off by Babe (female great tit) Egg 4
17th Apr Carlos thinks about re-entering the nest Egg 5
18th Apr   Egg 6
19th Apr   Egg 7
20th Apr   Egg 8
21st Apr Babe roosts in the box for the first time Kelly starts to incubate the eggs
22nd Apr FIRST EGG for Babe  
23rd Apr Egg 2  
24th Apr Egg 3  
25th Apr Egg 4  
26th Apr Egg 5  
27th Apr Babe starts incubation  
4th May   Kelly's eggs start hatching - 2 left by end of day
5th May   Remaining eggs hatch
9th May Babe's eggs hatch. Four early and one at 3pm First faint sounds of cheeping from chicks
17th May   Chick's eyes clearly now open
19th May   First wing flapping observed
25th May   All 6 chicks fledged between 7.00 and 9.30 am
29th May The first chick fledges at about 8:25 am  
30th May The other chicks fledge between 9.51 and 9.53 am  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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