National Nest Box week 2013

It is national nest box week 2013 a yearly event to help promote bird boxes run by the BTO.

To celebrate we have our nest cams up early - www.birdboxesonline.co.uk

scroll down to the middle of the page to see the live feed

as it is so early we only have a little bit of activity during the day in the boxes but from about 5.30 pm we have a Great Tit roosting in one of our boxes

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Great Tits

More Great Tits in one of our boxes. This box is 70 metres away from the recorder with a join in the cable. Its sort of an exercise to see the physical limits withy different cameras and kit

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Great Tit Swaying

The curious swaying - possible explanation at end of video

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Roosting in the box

The Great Tit has started roosting in the box on the back fence

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Wing flapping

Wing flapping

It seems to mean many things. The male does this when in his newly found nest box as in the video above. The female does this when demanding food as part of the mating and it also seems to reinforce the bonds between male and female. It is also used practically when the female is sitting on the nest and requires food. 

The young also use it when newly fledged to indicate they want feeding.

I'm guessing it is a general signal and as the ideas communicated between birds ( food, sex, territory and alarm) are fairly basic and the signal need not be complicated. I am willing to be proved wrong on this by the way, I just don't think they have the time or brain capacity for anything else apart from basic survival stuff.

Great Tit chick doing the shaking wing thing. The parent is on the feeder below

 

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Early Visitors

A few early visitors to the boxes - blue tits and great tits. Have not even had time to set up a proper camera

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birdbox with camera

birdbox with webcam

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Great Tits

Great Tits

At this time of year I can always hear the insistant chirpings of the young wanting to be fed whether it be SParrows, blue tits or great tits. I love the little wing display and tthe "please feed me!" look on their faces. ( i can hear the baby Greater Spotted woodpecker doing the exact same thing through the window as i write this!

I took this sequence of a Great Tit. Chances are it is one of the chicks from the nest box we had as they don't roam far.

 

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Great Tits Fledge

Well, the Great Tits have all gone, the box is empty. They fledged early this morning. Below is a video of their last day

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Great tits by night

Great Tits by night

Infrared images from our birdbox with camera

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2 gone this morning

Great Tits

2 fledged this morning an exciting time here at www.birdboxesonline.co.uk but also tinged with sadness in a way -I think fledging a little prematurely but they were the biggest, so now just leaving 4 in the nest

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Great Tits

Getting bigger now!

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Great Tit Chicks

Great Tit chicks have been coming on leaps and bounds and the parents are being kept very busy!

all recorded in our webcam box
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Great Tit Hatching Day

Great Tit Hatching Day

 

The Great Tits finally started hatching. Although we had a rough idea when they would hatch it is a bit of a guess as to when she seriously starts to incubate the eggs. This video was shot today and stitched together to show the first to the seventh to hatch. The female can be seen eating the empty shells of the eggs to give her some of her strength back. The male was playing his part by bringing the family food.

In this box is a webcam which has provided great pictures and videos and is available on our website

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