The Blue Tit's nesting building stepped up a gear last weekend. By Monday 11th April they had started to bring lining into the nestbox. Last year the female started roosting in the nestbox overnight on 10th April. However she had got herself stuck above the false ceiling in the box and I had to rescue her. The box has to have a false ceiling to keep the camera cables out of the way.
No sign of Mrs Blue Tit roosting this year until Friday 15th April.
I had put the outside camera out as normal. I was expecting the first egg around 21st April compared to last years dates. I was wrong. I woke up at 5.18am on Satuday 16th April and decided to change the cameras over. I can only record one camera at a time. So I went back to bed leaving nestcam recording.
At 6.30am Mrs Blue Tit laid her first egg.
Last year there was a gap of 24 hours before the second egg was laid. Thereafter an egg was laid each day giving a total of 8. Unfortunately only 3 eggs hatched last year and then one chick died. I'm hoping this year will be better.
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