Private PM for mudskipper re: your tits

[Troll]

Haven't got around to installing a tit cam & not seen the birdies going to and fro from the box this weekend - will they have fledged by now (memory from last year was that they went into June)

Dare I open the box up to have a look?

[administrator]

Mudskipper had bees in her tit box do no little fledlings in there. We have a pair nesting up under the eaves of our house, parents are still in and out every few minutes at present so if you have young in there you should see a lot of activity going on right now.

[Lockhouse]

The tits are late this year. We've got two boxes both with baby tits in at the moment. The baby starlings that were in the gables flew last week.

[mudskipper]

They were very early last year. I think the advice is not to disturb the nest between February and August (they sometimes have
a second clutch), although you could possibly risk a peek if you're very careful.

Monitoring your nest box | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

[Troll]

The tits are late this year. We've got two boxes both with baby tits in at the moment. The baby starlings that were in the gables flew last week.

Oh... good point- I was working in my study on Friday when I heard a commotion outside - looked out and there was a flock of starlings pecking at the ground - watched them for a time and realised there were fledglings amongst them and they were watching the adults get grubs - almost like a school lesson

[Troll]

They were very early last year. I think the advice is not to disturb the nest between February and August (they sometimes have
a second clutch), although you could possibly risk a peek if you're very careful.

Monitoring your nest box | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

Ta - i'll use my scope to take a look inside

[Troll]

Just opened up the box and the eggs had hatched and there is a bundle of bodies in the nest....either there was no food to feed them or something spooked the parents... bugger!

[suityou01]

They were very early last year. I think the advice is not to disturb the nest between February and August (they sometimes have
a second clutch), although you could possibly risk a peek if you're very careful.

Monitoring your nest box | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

I don't have any tits, so could I have a peek at yours?

[mudskipper]

Just opened up the box and the eggs had hatched and there is a bundle of bodies in the nest....either there was no food to feed them or something spooked the parents... bugger!

Aww. That's sad. We watched ours die one by one last year - it was very sad. Parents did remove the dead babies, but didn't bother with the last one, so I guess if there's no longer a reason to keep the nest clean, they don't bother.

Watching our bees last night - they seem to have made tunnels in the nest which they crawl in and out of. No idea how many bees there are - we've never seen more than three at a time. Not very exciting at all.