The diary started this year on Monday 14th December, 2020
| Box1 - Ella & Ernie | Box2 - Scruffy & ? | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec | Box cleaned and remounted | |
| 14 Dec | Box cleaned, collar replaced and box remounted | |
| 14 Dec | First visit | |
| 21 Dec | First swap over | |
| 21 Feb | First nesting material brought to box | |
| 23 Feb | First nesting wriggle | |
| 7 Mar | A third of the base of the box is covered | Removed 28mm metal plate to encourage great tits |
| 27 Mar | First feathers brought into box | Still no sign of a pair of any species taking over this box |
| 29 Mar | Nest completed | |
| 30 Mar | Ella first roosted in the box | |
| 1 Apr | Start of nest building | |
| 7 Apr | First nesting wriggle | |
| 17 Apr | First EGG! | |
| 18 Apr | Egg 2 | |
| 19 Apr | Egg 3 | |
| 20 Apr | Egg 4 | |
| 21 Apr | Egg 5 | |
| 22 Apr | Egg 6 Incubation started | |
| 25 Apr | Scruffy (BT) first roosted in the box | |
| 26 Apr | Visit from GT | |
| 27 Apr | Joint visit from GT pair | |
| 28 Apr | More GT visits | |
| 30 Apr | BTs appear to be back in charge | |
| 1 May | Two BTs appear to be disputing ownership of nest box | |
| 2 May | BT brings in lots of white feathers | |
| 4 May | First egg hatched. | GTs back |
| 5 May | Next 4 eggs hatched. | Multiple visits from both BTs and GTs |
| 6 May | Last egg hatched. Six chicks observed. | Two BTs in box together - both female! |
| 8 May | All 6 chicks present - visit from a woodpecker. | No visits |
| 9 May | Only 4 chicks can be seen | No visits |
| 10 May | All feathers had vanished when first switched on! Later GTs visit |
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| 11 May | Lump of moss which had been obscuring camera removed | GT spends some time enlarging entrance hole |
| 14 May | Only 3 chicks can be seen | More GT visits |
| 15 May | GT visit | |
| 17 May | Woodpecker looks into the box | |
| 18 May | Last GT visit. No recent BT visits. | |
| 24 May | Wing flapping | |
| 26 May | All three chicks fledged before 8.20am | |
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