The diary started this year on Thursday 3rd January.
Box1 | Box2 | |
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19 Jan | A bird seen regularly visiting box | |
20 Jan | Dead tree on which box affixed removed | |
24 Jan | Box remounted on neighbouring tree. First visitor 6 minutes later! | |
29 Jan | We decide the female is Fluffy | |
1 Feb | Fluffy does a nesting wriggle | |
8 Feb | External camera mounted | |
9 Feb | Great Tit seen investigating | |
15 Feb | Great Tit back again | |
21 Feb | We decide that this female is Fantail again! | |
1 Mar | Fantail starts bringing in moss and hay Male named Neptune |
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2 Mar | One winged nesting wriggle | |
12 Mar | First observed nesting wriggle | |
17 Mar | A stranger visits inside box | |
20 Mar | Fluffy starts bringing in nesting material | |
1 Apr | Fluffy gets serious about nest building | |
3 Apr | Feathers brought into nest box | |
5 Apr | Nest more or less completed | |
7 Apr | Fluffy starts roosting overnight | |
16 Apr | FIRST EGG! | |
17 Apr | Egg 2 | |
18 Apr | Fantail roosts in her box for the first time | Egg 3 |
19 Apr | Fantail brings in first feathers late afternoon | Egg 4 |
20 Apr | Egg 5 | |
21 Apr | Lots more feathers. Nest now looks completed. | Egg 6. Fluffy starts spending some time on the eggs during the day. |
22 Apr | Stranger bluetit investigates nest box | Egg 7 |
23 Apr | Fantail disappears around 3pm | Fluffy starts incubating |
24 Apr | Neptune persistently calls for Fantail who reappears about 7.30pm and roosts in box | |
25 Apr | No sign of Fantail who does not roost in box | |
26 Apr | Neptune removes all feathers in box! At least one strange bird again views nest box. | Fluffy still sitting on her eggs |
28 Apr | Still no sign of Fantail. Neptune still around | |
6 May | Neptune still calling for Fantail! | Fluffy's first six eggs hatch |
7 May | Last chick hatched at 07.00hrs | |
11 May | First faint cheeping heard | |
12 May | Definite cheeping when parent comes with food | |
13 May | Down and primitive feathers growing - the chicks now look almost black | |
15 May | Eyes just starting to open. Wings now show white markings. Head band forming. | |
16 May | Great tit pays another visit | |
19 May | Several chicks out of nest cup - the heat? Serious wing flapping starting. | |
22 May | Chicks by themselves over night for the first time | |
23 May | Frequent wing flapping. Chick attempts to hop onto exit hole - falls off! | |
24 May | One chick may have fledged today | |
25 May | Three chicks flew between 7.30 & 8.40am The last three flew within the space of 20 seconds just after half past one. |
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