The diary started this year on Saturday 6th January 2018.
Box1 | Box2 | Box3 | |
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1 Jan | Monitoring started | Monitoring started | |
2 Jan | A minor tiff over the ownership of the box | ||
10 Jan | Two birds are still disputing the ownership of this box. | First visit noted | |
20 Mar | Start of nest building | ||
21 Mar | Start of nest building | ||
19 Apr | Start of roosting | Nest building, which had been sporadic, appears to stop. Male still around but no sign of female. |
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21 Apr | Nest complete | ||
22 Apr | EGG 1? | ||
23 Apr | Presumed second egg | ||
24 Apr | Presumed third egg | ||
25 Apr | Presumed fourth egg | ||
26 Apr | Presumed fifth egg | ||
27 Apr | Egg 6 - all 6 eggs seen at last | ||
28 Apr | Egg 7 - Partial incubation | ||
29 Apr | Egg 8 - Incubation started | ||
30 Apr | Egg 9 | ||
01 May | Still just 9 eggs | ||
06 May | Nest building restarted with a vengeance! | ||
10 May | Nest building completed. Start of roosting - EGG 1? | ||
11 May | Presumed second egg | ||
12 May | 3 eggs had hatched when first switched on. | Egg 3 - Actually saw 1 or 2 eggs | |
13 May | Still 2 unhatched eggs first thing | Egg 4 - Actually saw 2 eggs | |
14 May | One unhatched egg first thing | Egg 5 - All 5 eggs seen! | |
15 May | All eggs appear to have hatched | Egg 6 - All clearly seen - also partial incubation started | |
16 May | Egg 7 - Incubation started | ||
17 May | Egg 8 - Will she ever stop? | ||
18 May | Egg 9 - Not yet anyway! And she has been sitting on them for 2 days now! | ||
19 May | No more eggs laid. | ||
21 May | 9 chicks clearly visible Female no longer roosting in box overnight |
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28 May | Wing flapping and a lot of wing stretching | ||
29 May | Two eggs hatched by 10am | ||
31 May | Two chicks fledged early and one at 12:59:21 | Most of the remaining eggs hatched. | |
01 Jun | The remaining chicks fledged before switch-on (8:48am) | Nine chick all appear well. | |
13 Jun | Wing flapping - but now only 6 chicks | ||
14 Jun | Now down to 5 with 1 dead chick in nest cup | ||
15 Jun | All 5 live chicks fledge | ||
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