New kids on the block....

[wildduck]

We've had a small lacewing box (louvred front) nailed up on a garden wall for the past year, filled with dried hay (the type you buy in a petshop for small animals). Today we saw an unusual resident....a coaltit. It seems a pair of coaltits have managed to squeeze through the louvres on the box front and have set up home inside. Havent caught them on camera yet, they're a bit speedy to say the least! Is this a typical nesting choice for coaltits?

[SuzieandFlo]

I have a number of Coal Tits constantly taking food from my hanging feeders or even the ground and flying off with it. The ones in my area appear to be nesting in a dead , ivy covered tree in the nearby woods.
I believe they naturally nest in holes in tree trunks .