The diary started this year on Thursday 3rd January.
| Box1 | Box2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan | Camera on - first visit (old nest still there) | Monitoring started |
| 11 Jan | Tree partially blown over during night | |
| 31 Jan | Visits continue at the rate of one or two a day | No monitoring |
| 6 Feb | Regular visits to the entrance hole | |
| 7 Feb | Box moved to nearby oak. External view only. | |
| 8 Feb | Frequent visits seen by the external camera | |
| 19 Feb | Internal camera view restored | |
| 11 Mar | First moss bought into box - and then removed! | |
| 16 Mar | Another bout of nest building | |
| 19 Mar | Mating takes place inside nest box | |
| 25 Mar | Carlos (the male) starts roosting in box overnight | |
| 26 Mar | Megan (female) clears out droppings left by Carlos | |
| 1 Apr | Nest building started in earnest! | |
| 3 Apr | Great tit very interested in nest box Bluetit mating again takes place in box |
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| 5 Apr | No sign of nest building in what is now a pretty messy nest box | Nest more or less completed. Kelly roosts in box overnight for the first time. |
| 9 Apr | Box cleaned and hole enlarged. Male great tit inspects
box. Carlos prevented from roosting |
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| 10 Apr | Female great tit inspects box & starts nest building | |
| 11 Apr | Carlos driven away by Babe (female great tit) | |
| 13 Apr | Nest building more or less completed! | FIRST EGG for Kelly |
| 14 Apr | Egg 2 | |
| 15 Apr | Egg 3 | |
| 16 Apr | Nuthatch driven off by Babe (female great tit) | Egg 4 |
| 17 Apr | Carlos thinks about re-entering the nest | Egg 5 |
| 18 Apr | Egg 6 | |
| 19 Apr | Egg 7 | |
| 20 Apr | Egg 8 | |
| 21 Apr | Babe roosts in the box for the first time | Kelly starts to incubate the eggs |
| 22 Apr | FIRST EGG for Babe | |
| 23 Apr | Egg 2 | |
| 24 Apr | Egg 3 | |
| 25 Apr | Egg 4 | |
| 26 Apr | Egg 5 | |
| 27 Apr | Babe starts incubation | |
| 4 May | Kelly's eggs start hatching - 2 left by end of day | |
| 5 May | Remaining eggs hatch | |
| 9 May | Babe's eggs hatch. Four early and one at 3pm | First faint sounds of cheeping from chicks |
| 17 May | Chick's eyes clearly now open | |
| 19 May | First wing flapping observed | |
| 25 May | All 6 chicks fledged between 7.00 and 9.30 am | |
| 29 May | The first chick fledges at about 8:25 am | |
| 30 May | The other chicks fledge between 9.51 and 9.53 am | |
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