Summary of Events - 2024

The diary for this year hasn't started yet!

	Box1	Box2
10 Jan	Box cleaned and remounted
12 Jan	First visitor
14 Jan		Box cleaned and remounted
19 Jan		First visitor
15 Feb	First nesting wriggle
18 Feb		First swap-over
		First nesting wriggle
23 Feb	Female given the name "Scruffy"
2 Mar	First night when a rooster has been observed
3 Mar	Rooster
8 Mar	Judging by the mess, rooster was male!	Coal tit takes interest in box. Goes inside with partner outside.
18 Mar	First nesting material brought into nest box
20 Mar	Scruffy and partner Keith do a swap-over
21 Mar		First nesting material brought into nest box - by bluetit Another visit by coal tit


11 Apr		First egg by coal tit - presumed
12 Apr		Egg 2 - seen
13 Apr		Egg 3
14 Apr		Egg 4
15 Apr		Egg 5
16 Apr		Egg 6
17 Apr		Egg 7
18 Apr		Egg 8 Bluetit still removing nesting material
19 Apr	Scruffy still doing nesting wriggles	Egg 9 Incubation started at 12:16pm
23 Apr	Scruffy still bringing in a little nesting material and doing the occasional nesting wriggle.	Sooty (the coal tit) is still incubating pretty steadily. Coal tit chicks typically take 13 to 14 days to hatch.

14 May		Wing flapping