| Box1 | Box2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan | Box cleaned and remounted | |
| 12 Jan | First visitor | |
| 14 Jan | Box cleaned and remounted | |
| 19 Jan | First bluetit visitor | |
| 15 Feb | First nesting wriggle | |
| 18 Feb | First swap-over | |
| First nesting wriggle | ||
| 23 Feb | Female given the name "Scruffy" | |
| 2 Mar | First night when a rooster has been observed | |
| 3 Mar | Rooster | |
| 8 Mar | Judging by the mess, rooster was male! | Coal tit takes interest in box. Goes inside with partner outside. |
| 18 Mar | First nesting material brought into nest box | |
| 20 Mar | Scruffy and partner Keith do a swap-over | |
| 21 Mar | First nesting material brought into nest box - by
Lucy, a bluetit. Another visit by Sooty, the coal tit |
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| 30 Mar | First time both Sooty and Jet seen in the box together. | |
| 1 Apr | First nesting wriggle done in box by Sooty | |
| 2 Apr | Jet attempts to mount Sooty in box. He was not successful. | |
| 4 Apr | Sooty starts bringing in nesting material | |
| 6 Apr | Fluffy stuff now being brought into box. | |
| 7 Apr | Sooty roosts overnight in box | |
| 8 Apr | Lucy visits box again and starts removing nesting material | |
| 9 Apr | Sooty replaces nesting material removed by Lucy. | |
| 11 Apr | FIRST EGG - presumed, not seen | |
| 12 Apr | Egg 2 - seen | |
| 13 Apr | Egg 3 | |
| 14 Apr | Egg 4 | |
| 15 Apr | Egg 5 | |
| 16 Apr | Egg 6 | |
| 17 Apr | Egg 7 | |
| 18 Apr | Egg 8 Bluetit still removing nesting material | |
| 19 Apr | Scruffy still doing nesting wriggles | Egg 9 Incubation started at 12:16pm |
| 20 Apr | Egg 10 | |
| 23 Apr | Scruffy still bringing in a little nesting material and doing the occasional nesting wriggle. | Sooty is still incubating pretty steadily. Coal tit chicks typically take 13 to 14 days to hatch. |
| 2 May | Eggs start to hatch. By evening 6 eggs have hatched. | |
| 3 May | All 10 eggs now hatched. | |
| 13 May | Chicks' eyes now open | |
| 14 May | Wing flapping - very early! | |
| 19 May | Chicks wandering all over the flor of the nest box. | |
| 20 May | Three chicks fledge | |
| 21 May | The remaining chicks all fledge | |
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