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Summary of Events - 2006           Click on the Links to follow the Full Story
January   February  
January
This year we have 2 new bird boxes with colour camera's installed plus a pro cam giving good quality close ups. A Tit is roosting in each box at night
February
This bird has been roosting since early January and has brought in the the odd bit of  nesting material. However the birds continue to fight over possession of this and the other box
March   April  
March
possession of the box seems settled now and the first nesting material has arrived, things look very promising for a successful nesting. Dad feeds the Mum to be with regularity
April
Early April and the first egg has been laid, 11 eggs laid in total. The weather this year has been very stable so lets hope it stays this way. The female's behaviour towards the male is dwindling
May   May No Mum  
May
The first egg's have hatched from the eleven laid. Mum is struggling to feed her ever increasing brood.

Plenty of video clips to be seen
May No Mum
A very bad spell of weather, finds mum unable to feed her brood and she suddenly disappears. we are left with a quandary of what to do with the chicks
 

May Hand Rear

   June - November  
May Handreared Chicks We cant sit by and watch them starve to death, so we decide to rescue them and hand rear them.

A great deal of hard work, but very rewarding

The surviving chick's are released into the wild, but for a while decide not to leave. Follow the rest of the fascinating story with loads of video clips

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