The heavy rain forecast for Saturday didn't arrive which isn’t that unusual and I shouldn’t be surprised. It amounted to 1.2mm from a short spell of rain mid morning and one late evening. More showers before dawn on Sunday morning amounted to another 1.8mm. This month’s total is up to 12.8mm (0.5”)
The poor weather didn’t stop the blue tits from making several more visits to investigate whether the nest box meets their exacting standards for setting up home.
Who needs a tape measure to check out the dimensions of your new property when a wing span will do the job nicely. Of course we don’t know if the same bird that visited several times or that different blue tits were checking out the box. The video below gives an idea of just how thoroughly the birds check out the box before deciding to nest.
Just to note that what looks like the entrance at the top of the picture is a window to allow in extra light and the entrance to the nest box is to the top left of the picture just out of sight.
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