The diary started this year on Thursday 3rd January.
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6 Feb | Box installed |
18 Feb | Bird in box |
26 Feb | A few bits of moss in the box |
27 Feb | Bird first roosted |
28 Feb | More moss and first nesting wriggle |
20 Mar | Fine snow fell for most of the day - bird still roosting overnight |
18 Apr | Nest nearly completed |
24 Apr | Nest cup being created |
25 Apr | First egg! |
26 Apr | Egg 2 |
27 Apr | Egg 3 |
28 Apr | Egg 4 |
29 Apr | Egg 5 |
30 Apr | Egg 6 |
1 May | Egg 7 |
2 May | Egg 8 |
4 May | Started incubating on 9 eggs. Male feeding female on nest. |
16 May | Eggs started hatching. 6 chicks & 3 eggs by the evening. |
18 May | Now clear that 2 eggs are not going to hatch |
23 May | Early growth of feathers making chicks look darker. Mother no longer sleeping with her chicks. |
26 May | Eyes open and chicks could be seen blinking |
28 May | Wings quite well developed. Chicks wandering out of nest cup |
30 May | Chicks wing flapping first noticed |
3 Jun | Chicks now very active. Much preening with occasional bouts of wing flapping |
4 Jun | Chicks still in box in morning. At 1500, chicks
observed looking out. After an increasing frenzy, 2 left at 1700. By 1730, all chicks had gone |
9 Jun | Parents seen feeding chicks from mealworm feeder. |
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