The diary started this year on Thursday 3rd January.
| Box1 | Box2 | Box3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov | Monitoring started. First visitor to outside. | Monitoring started. First visitor outside | |
| 24 Nov | Monitoring started | ||
| 25 Nov | First visitor outside - a wren | ||
| 28 Nov | Outside camera for Box3 started | ||
| 1 Dec | First bird inside - a wren! | ||
| 6 Dec | First bird inside - a bluetit | ||
| 11 Jan | First time two birds together inside box | ||
| 13 Jan | First bluetit in box | ||
| 18 Feb | First nesting material brought into box | ||
| 27 Feb | Bluetit in nest box | ||
| 4 Mar | Bluetit in box, GT Investigating. | ||
| 12 Mar | Bumble bee & bluetit in box | ||
| 13 Mar | First nesting material brought into box | Still little nesting material in box. | |
| 19 Mar | Bertie feeds Bella in box | ||
| 20 Mar | Fay starts bringing nesting material | ||
| 31 Mar | Fay defends box from GT | Nest looking visibly bigger | GT investigates box |
| 2 Apr | Bertie feeds Bella 3 times in 10 min. | ||
| 5 Apr | Bluetit investigates box again | ||
| 6 Apr | Bella lines nest with feathers | ||
| 11 Apr | FIRST EGG! | ||
| 12 Apr | Egg 2 | ||
| 13 Apr | Egg 3 | ||
| 14 Apr | Egg 4 | ||
| 15 Apr | Egg 5 | ||
| 16 Apr | Egg 6 | ||
| 17 Apr | Fay starts bringing in feathers | Egg 7 | |
| 18 Apr | Egg 8 | ||
| 19 Apr | Egg 9 | ||
| 20 Apr | Nest completed | Egg 10 Some time spent sitting on eggs | |
| 21 Apr | Egg 11 More time spent on eggs | ||
| 22 Apr | FIRST EGG! | Egg 12 Full incubation in progress | |
| During the rest of April Fay laid several eggs but hid them so we could not tell when! |
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| 1 May | Fay now has 6 eggs | ||
| 2 May | Egg 7 Some time sitting on eggs. | ||
| 3 May | Egg 8 More time spent on the eggs | First 7 eggs hatch | |
| 4 May | Egg 9 Full incubation under way | More eggs hatch | |
| 5 May | Another egg hatches | ||
| 6 May | The last egg hatches - 12 chicks counted. | ||
| 10 May | Eleven chicks counted. | ||
| 11 May | Ten chicks counted. | ||
| 14 May | Chick dies and Bella removes it from nest cup. | ||
| 15 May | Dead chick removed from nest box. | ||
| 16 May | First 3 eggs hatch. | ||
| 18 May | Fourth egg hatches. | ||
| 19 May | Smallest chick squeezed out of nest cup by Fay during cleaning and gets lost. Eventually dies beneath entrance hole. |
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| 20 May | Bella no longer roosting with chicks | ||
| 23 May | First chick seen at entrance hole | ||
| 24 May | Two chicks fledge | ||
| 25 May | Four chicks fledge. Scrap dies | ||
| 27 May | One of Fay's remaining 3 chicks dies. | ||
| 31 May | Fay fights GSW and drives him away | ||
| 1 June | First wing flapping session recorded. | ||
| 4 June | Both remaining chicks fledge around 8.45pm! | ||
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