The diary started this year on Thursday 3rd January.
Date | Box1 | Box2 |
18 Jan | Installed Box2 | |
21 Jan | Bird seen on box | |
26 JAn | Box1 installed (late due to tree work) | |
3 Feb | Bird seen in box | |
8 Feb | Two birds seen in box | |
19 Feb | First bits of moss seen in box | |
9 Mar | First bits of moss and nesting wriggles | |
20 Mar | Nesting well under way | |
21 Mar | Roosting first observed | |
25 Mar | Bird roosting | Bird still regularly roosting |
27 Mar | Nest cup being created | |
28 Mar | Bird no longer roosting | |
1-7 Apr | HOLIDAY | HOLIDAY |
8 Apr | Two eggs already in nest on return from holiday | |
11 Apr | Egg 3 | |
12 Apr | Egg 4 | |
13 Apr | Bird 1 roosting regularly again | Egg 5 |
14 Apr | Egg 6 | |
16 Apr | Egg 7 | |
17 Apr | Egg 8 | |
18 Apr | Egg 1 | "Something odd going on in Box2" |
19 Apr | Egg 2 | Fight in adjacent oak tree |
20 Apr | Egg 3 | |
21 Apr | Egg 4 | Fresh material brought into nest |
28 Apr | Egg 5 | |
29 Apr | Egg 6 | |
1 May | Egg 7. Start of incubation | |
2 May | Egg 8 | |
5 May | Egg 9 | |
6 May | Egg 10 | |
7 May | Egg 11. Start of incubation | |
13 May | Three eggs hatch between 17.20 and 19.00 hrs | |
14 May | Three more eggs hatch | |
15 May | Two eggs still visible mid morning | |
16 May | No sign of any eggs - covered by nesting material | |
19 May | Four eggs hatch between 11.00 and 18.30 hrs | |
20 May | Two more eggs hatch, one early, one about 19.00 hrs | |
22 May | Feathers developing on embryonic wings | |
25 May | Wing feathers clearly visible. Chick first seen out of nest cup. | |
27 May | ||
28 May | Preening and wing stretching with occasional wing flapping. Chicks regularly out of nest cup. |
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29 May | Boss chick grabbing food as Beauty enters | Chicks' eyes start to open |
1 Jun | Boss chick flew at 1225. Others at 1745 and 1955 hrs | |
2 Jun | The remaining four chicks flew before 0800 hrs | |
7 Jun | One chick flew at about 0920 | |
8 Jun | The remaining four chicks flew before 0800 |
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