Blue Tit Update

It looks as if they have decided not to take up residence in the nesting box after all. We have seen them about but not anywhere near the box. I suspect that our increased use of the garden in the warm weather has put them off, or it could have been the close proximity of a lot of noisy sparrows. Hopefully we will continue to see them about, they are beautiful and fascinating little birds.

More on the Blue Tits and A Heron Drops in!

Well they are definitely nesting in the box nearest the house. I watched them this morning taking all sorts of foliage and nesting material in. Of course I could not actually manage to get a photograph of them going in or going out. If you look closely on the photo above you can make one out on the feeder! Honest its there!

They seem to prefer our garden in the mornings. Mrs BW says they do not seem to be about much in the afternoons.

Just as I was giving up and going to get ready for work a Heron flew low over our house and settled on the house opposite. It stayed there for about five minutes before flying off. I have seem them fly over before but never actually settle. There were plenty of crows around but they seemed to ignore it.

Blue Tits 1 The Birdwatcher 0

Over the last ten days or so Mrs BW and I have been observing a couple of blue tits explore the nesting boxes that we (well Mrs BW actually) put up last year. They have shown considerable interest popping in and out and generally having a good look around the neighbourhood. This morning, before anyone else had got up I was sitting by the window that overlooks the back garden sipping coffee, and watching them coming to and fro. One of them disappeared inside the box nearest to the house and spent five minutes inside. This was all looking very encouraging. Every so often it would pop its head out and call to its mate that was occupied with the fat ball or eating insects off the rose bushes. They both moved off to have a look at the other nest box, then came back again. As well as the blue tits there were sparrows and the occasional black bird flying and hopping around. In fact the garden full of activity and bird song. I went to get the camera. This would make a great photo. Back in my seat, camera at the ready, I sat and waited. The garden was deserted. Nothing came in, not even the usually ever present sparrows. I gave up after forty minutes. I couldn't even blame the cats. They were both sound asleep in their basket. No doubt as I write this, the garden is again full of blue tits, and sparrows. Oh well such is life I suppose.