Summary of Events - 2006

The diary started this year on 11th January.

Date Box 1 Box 2
11th Jan Monitoring started Monitoring started.  First visit observed
12th Jan First visit observed.  
31st Jan   First nesting wriggle
8thMarch No clearly identifiable occupant yet noted.  Both great tit and bluetit interested Moss brought into box for first time
13th March   Fight inside box
23rd March   Nest building restarted
4th April Great tit very interested in box  
5th April Great inside box for first time  
6th April Male GT feeds female in box for first time.  First moss brought in.  
8th April Bluetit appears to realise it has lost box  
12th April Floor fully covered.  
13th April Claire first roosts overnight Floor more or less covered with moss.  Ben feeds Kate in the box.
18th April Nest completed Kate brings in feathers
20th April FIRST EGG for Claire. Nest completed
21st April Egg 2 FIRST EGG for Kate.
22nd April Egg 3 Egg 2
23rd April Egg 4 Egg 3
24th April Egg 5.   Incubation started Egg 4
25th April   Egg 5
26th April   Egg 6
27th April   Egg 7
28th April   Egg 8
29th April   Egg 9.   Incubation started.
30th April   Egg 10
6th May First egg hatches  
7th May 3 more eggs hatch - 1 chick appears to die before leaving the shell.  Claire removes shell & dead chick from nest  
8th May A second chick dies and is removed from the nest.  
11th May   Kate's eggs hatch
16th May First sighting of chick with eyes open  
18th May A third chick dies.  Claire tries unsuccessfully to remove it.  I remove it for her.  
25th May Both remaining chicks fly from the box  
29th May   Vigorous wing flapping
31st May   A chick looks out of the box
1st June   All the chicks fledge early in the morning before 6am
     
     

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