Nesting History

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Year

Nest Box Location

Direction Of Box

Type

Nest Building Start

1st Egg

1st Chick Hatched

 Chicks Fledged

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No. Chicks

Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2003 Cherry Tree West Great Tit ?? ? ?   ? ? ? 6+ No Cam fitted. Box replaced with Nest Box 3
2003 Nest Box 2 Willow tree Nth West Blue Tit 12th March NA NA   0 0 0 0 Nest abandoned due to Bumble Bee Nesting in Nest Box. Birds moved to Nest Box 1

2003

 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 29th March 16th April 7th May ? May

9

 8 5 3 Chicks hatched during cold wet spell

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1st Chick Hatched

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2004 Nest Box 2 Willow tree Nth West Blue Tit 3rd March 11th April 28th April 24th May 9 7 4 3 Male parent stopped feeding chicks after 09/05/2004
2004 Nest Box 3 Sea Buckthorn Nth East Great Tit 27 March 10th April 2nd May 18th & 19th May 7 7 0 7  
2004 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit NA NA NA   0 0 NA NA Nest Box Empty

Year

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1st Egg

1st Chick Hatched

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2005 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 23rd March 13th April 6th May 26th May Tit 1 Tit 2 14 11 6 2nd Blue Tit Female Attempting to build nest over the top of eggs laid by 1st female Blue Tit. All 3 parents feeding chicks.
6 11
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17
2005 Nest Box 2 Willow tree Nth West Great Tit 2nd brood not discovered until chicks hatched 2nd brood not discovered until chicks hatched 2nd brood not discovered until chicks hatched 9th July 4 4 0 4 Gt.Tit Roosting Until Spring Only Gt Chicks found feeding 4 chicks 27th June
2005 Nest Box 3 Sea Buckthorn Nth East Great Tit 24th March 3rd April 23rd April 12th May 7 7 4 3 Poss lack of food. Parents feeding sunflower seeds.

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1st Chick Hatched

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2006 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 3rd March 23/Apr 14/May 03/Jun 9 8 0 8  
2006 Nest Box 3 Sea Buckthorn Nth East Great Tit 31 March 11/Apr 01/May 18-20/May 5 4 0 4  
2006 Nest Box 2 Willow tree Nth West Great Tit 01 May 09/Jun 23/Jun 13/Jul 4 4 0 4 Gt Tit 2nd brood Nest building continued in June

Year

Nest Box Location

Direction Of Box

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Nest Building Start

1st Egg

1st Chick Hatched

 Chicks Fledged

No. Eggs

No. Chicks

Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2007 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 01/04/07 18/04/07 07/05/07 28/05/07 9 9 0 9 1 chick fledged 28/05 & 8 chicks on the 29/05
2007 Nest Box 3 Sea Buckthorn Nth East Great Tit 23/03/07 04/04/07 22/04/07 11/0507 6 4 0 4  
2007 Nest Box 2 Willow tree Nth West                    

Year

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1st Chick Hatched

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Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2008 Shed N/A Robin pre 04/04/08 07/04/08 26/04/08 2 on 09/05/08

3 on 10/05/08

 6 5 0 5 Missed start of nest building

Incubation started 12/04/2008
2008 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 08/04/08               Tits abandoned nest
2008 Nest Box 3 Sea Buckthorn Nth East Gt Tit                 Female died in the morning in box after over night roost. She had a damaged beak.

Year

Nest Box Location

Direction Of Box

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Nest Building Start

1st Egg

1st Chick Hatched

 Chicks Fledged

No. Eggs

No. Chicks

Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2009 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 24/02/09 15/04/09 07/05/2009 27/05/2009 11 11 0 11 5 chicks fledged 27/05/09

6 on 28/05/09
2009 Nest Box 2 On Shed under Willow Tree East Great Tit 22/03/09                

Year

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Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2010 Nest Box 1 On House Wall Nth West Blue Tit 16/03/2010 16/04/2010 08/05/2010

(13 days)

 29/05/2010 10 10 3 7 Incubation started 26/04/2010
2010 Nest Box 2 On Shed under Willow Tree East Great Tit 27/03/2010 11/04/2010 02/05/2010

(14 days)

 19/05/2010 8 8 7 1 Incubation started 19/04/2010

May very cold with hard frost

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2011 Nest Box 1 On House Wall East Blue Tit 24/03/2011 17/04/2011 05/05/2011

(12 days)

   7 7 7 0 Incubation started 24/04/2011 

last chick hatched 07/05/2011

4 chicks died 06/05/2011

2 on 07/05/2011

1 on 08/05/2011
2011 Nest Box 2 On Shed under Willow Tree East Great Tit 25/03/2011 10/04/2011 27/04/11

(12 days)

   6 6 0 6 Incubation started 16/04/2011

Fledged 16/05/2011

Year

Nest Box Location

Direction Of Box

Type

Nest Building Start

1st Egg

1st Chick Hatched

 Chicks Fledged

No. Eggs

No. Chicks

Chick Mortality

No. Chicks Fledged

Notes
2012 Nest Box 1 On House Wall East Blue Tit 27/03/2012 20/04/12 12/05/12

(13 days)

   10 8 - - Incubation started 30/04/12 
2012 Nest Box 2 On Shed under Willow Tree East Great Tit 15/03/2012 03/04/2012 23/04/12

(13 days)

 12/05/12 8 8 0 8 Incubation started 11/04/12