The diary started this year on Tuesday 6th January 2020.
| Box1 - Chloe & Chris | Box2 - Daisy & Drake | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan | Box cleaned and remounted. | Box cleaned and remounted. |
| 6 Jan | Bird stuck head into box but didn't enter | |
| 7 Jan | First visitors. Fight in box! | |
| 8 Jan | Non-fighting pair in box. Rooster. | |
| 10 Jan | First swap-over. Another fight. Another rooster. | |
| 11 Jan | Box getting messy - rooster must be Chris. | |
| 12 Jan | First visitor. First swap-over! | |
| 17 Jan | Daisy & Drake active around box. | |
| 18 Jan | Another fight in box. | |
| 22-26 Jan | Away in Manchester. | |
| 31 Jan | Chloe cleans up the box. | Daisy & Drake active in & around box. |
| 3 Feb | Chloe roosting in box. | |
| 7 Feb | A few pieces of nesting material in Box1. | Still none in Box2. |
| 14 Feb | First nesting wriggle. | |
| 15-22 Feb | Away in Avignon, France. | |
| 23 Feb | No change in Box1 | No nesting material in Box2. |
| 25 Feb | First pieces of dry hay brought into box. | |
| 26 Feb | More substantial nesting material. | |
| 28 Feb | Chloe is roosting in the nest box. | |
| 11 Mar | Chis feeds Chloe in the box for the first time | |
| 17 Mar | Chloe still regularly roosting in the box. | Daisy is not yet roosting in the box. |
| 1 Apr | Although there has been much activity, neither nest box yet has nesting material covering the floor. | |
| 3 Apr | Daisy has finished covering the floor. | |
| 6 Apr | Chloe has now covered the floor of her box. | |
| 9 Apr | Nest finished. | Nest finished |
| 10 Apr | Daisy roosts in the box for the first time. | |
| 12 Apr | Possible egg - probably a false alarm! | |
| 14 Apr | Chloe, who had stopped roosting some days ago, now restarts. | First egg - deduced, not seen. |
| 16 Apr | First egg - deduced, not seen | |
| 17 Apr | Two eggs seen! | |
| 19 Apr | Four eggs seen! | |
| 20 Apr | Egg 5 | |
| 21 Apr | Egg 6 | Eight eggs clearly seen - partial incubation started |
| 22 Apr | Egg 7 presumed. | Egg 9 - the last one. |
| 23 Apr | Egg 8 - Incubation started | Incubation well under way. |
| 24 Apr | Egg 9 - the last one! Incubation continues. | |
| 5 May | Chloe's eggs start to hatch | Daisy's eggs start to hatch. Drake disappears. |
| 6 May | At least 3 chicks have hatched. | 8 chicks have hatched. 1 unhatched egg left. Still no sign of Drake. |
| 7 May | 6 chicks and 3 unhatched eggs left. | 7 chicks still active, but very hungry. |
| 8 May | The 3 eggs have still not hatched. | 6 chicks still active and asking to be fed. |
| 9 May | All the chicks are dead - 6 before the day starts, the other 2 during the day. | |
| 10 May | 6 chicks all OK | The box is empty save for the unhatched egg. |
| 13 May | 7 chicks now visible! | |
| First observed wing flapping | ||
| 19 May | The smallest chick names as Scrap. | |
| 21 May | Last time Scrap is seen alive. | |
| 22 May | First chick looks outside the box. | |
| 23 May | First chick fledges at 7.23am | |
| 24 May | The rest of the chicks fledge between 6.07 and 6.32am No sign of Scrap's body, or of unhatched eggs. |
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