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08-12-2010, 11:38 PM
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| |  Blue tit roosting
The house at the back of me is sideways on and the only window that overlooks my back garden is their bathroom. Below this window is a hole where the overflow pipe from the loo or basin was (it has either been removed or broken off). A few days ago I spotted a blue tit investigating the hole and after pecking around for a while and then it actually went right in ! The time was 15.50. I watched for around 15-20 minutes until it was too dark to see and it didnt come out so I assumed it was roosting in the cavity wall. The next day I watched again and it arrived at exactly 15.50 and has been coming each day at that time for the past 5 days. It is only a small hole and it has to wiggle a bit to get in ! |
06-01-2011, 07:03 PM
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| | | Re: Blue tit roosting
ahaha good story! |
07-01-2011, 08:06 PM
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| | | Re: Blue tit roosting
One wonders why the government doesn't pass a law stipulating that every new building has to have one of those hollow brick nest boxes. Apart from cost (I doubt a single brick will break the bank) I can't immediately think of too many drawbacks. |
16-01-2011, 08:51 PM
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| | | Re: Blue tit roosting
This was a taken last spring sorry for the bad filming but the blue-tit you see has just fledged and I nearly dropped the camera. YouTube - Blue tit nest. |
17-01-2011, 08:26 AM
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| | | Re: Blue tit roosting
Great video  , amazes me how mum and dad got in there in the first place.
the hole just looked big enough for them to get out of.. 
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17-01-2011, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by actionfinch  Great video , amazes me how mum and dad got in there in the first place.
the hole just looked big enough for them to get out of.. | Here is another of the parents squeezing into the hole to feed the chicks you can here them in the nest when the parent approaches.. YouTube - 012 |
17-01-2011, 09:45 PM
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Sure was a squeeze then. Brilliant how they just didnt care you were there.
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17-01-2011, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by actionfinch Sure was a squeeze then. Brilliant how they just didnt care you were there. | I filmed this from my kitchen I was standing at the back door they were in next door neighbours hall window. |
17-01-2011, 10:00 PM
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Oh right .... 
I did see a blue tit go have a look at a neigbours box... late last year , so i hope they would nest , i have a good view of that .
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17-01-2011, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by actionfinch Oh right ....
I did see a blue tit go have a look at a neigbours box... late last year , so i hope they would nest , i have a good view of that . | Good luck... | | |
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