tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53313688905901822672024-03-13T00:15:37.740+00:00The Diary of a BTO nest recorderlife as a voluntary nesterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-37789727604993379212017-05-08T20:54:00.004+01:002017-05-08T20:54:52.082+01:00More little ones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-34158611844625470382017-05-07T18:13:00.001+01:002017-05-07T18:13:11.633+01:00Hello little chappy's and it's 100 upSay hello to the newest arrivals in the woods - <br />
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This is a brood of 5 Great Tit chicks with 1 egg which may or may not hatch </div>
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a brood of slightly older Blue Tit chicks, 7 of in total with an egg underneath of them</div>
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Today the clutch of Blue Tit eggs below in the woods at Treslothan became the 100th nest with eggs to be found, recorded and monitored this year although technically it's not been found as it's in a nest box - </div>
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and the pair of Blue Tit below using this box certainly like their feathers. 6 eggs were hidden in this mess<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-42760516725899581732017-05-06T18:44:00.000+01:002017-05-06T18:44:10.328+01:00Great Tit's are greatnewly hatched this morning - <br />
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and this clutch is a personal best. The largest Great Tit clutch I have had before was one of 8 eggs last year until a clutch of 10 were laid this year.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-8966559918225682712017-05-05T19:18:00.004+01:002017-05-05T19:18:57.931+01:00Variation in egg markings in Blue TitNothing scientific, just three images of Blue Tit eggs from the same area<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-31682360061453361252017-05-04T17:51:00.000+01:002017-05-04T17:51:37.277+01:00Song Thrush youngQuick post tonight. As well as extracting more data from the nest boxes today I had a Wren nest and three Song Thrush nests to check. The Wren was fully clutched on 4 eggs, the first egg date being 23rd April, two of the Song Thrush nests had fledged their young, 1 and 3 chicks respectively and the third nest still has 3 young at the feather stage of FS. The nest was found by cold searching an area where a Song Thrush was seen flying from and the nest is situated at about 4m high in a hollowed out part of a tree trunk surrounded by ivy. A good well hidden nest and the images are below (only two of the three can be seen clearly) - <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-44474101053280606772017-05-03T19:09:00.002+01:002017-05-03T19:09:37.740+01:00Coal Tit woe and more oddity'sFor three years my local woodland has been my main nesting patch and for three years I have tried to find Coat Tit's nests without success. Today, after dinner, I parked up the car next to the woods just as a Coal Tit flew into the wall adjacent to some bracken. Further investigation proved that this hole in the wall is indeed a nest site with the vegetation around the hole rounded and smoothed off. Unfortunately the cavity is too deep, I do not have an endoscope and my first Coal Tit nest has gone begging - <br />
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Today (and tomorrow) has been spent trying to fill in the gaps in the nest box scheme - size of full clutches, species, and boxes still at NL. The aim of the day was to extract all the missing information from Stennack Wood, which is Area 1 in the woodland. I had thought about and allowed all day for this. A beautiful sunny morning brought the birds to life, many females off feeding rather than sitting tight and being fed on the nest. As a result all boxes but one were complete by lunchtime. Huge bonus.</div>
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The afternoon was spent in 10 Acre Wood, the sun had gone in, conditions became cooler and the birds slowed down a little. One box was known to contain Great Tit which are more sensitive to disturbance than Blue Tit's so, rather than check the box I hid behind a tree waiting for her to come out and feed. After 10 minutes or so the male began to call, this is it I thought, she's coming off. Quite the opposite actually as landing in some holly very close to the box the female appeared cleaning her bill. She was already out and had just finished feeding! I got up quickly, thankfully she saw me and flew higher up allowing me to inspect the box safely.</div>
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Another oddity turned up today, the 3rd box in the woods this season to have eggs laid on bare wood. Cant really work out what on earth is going on with this. </div>
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The box above contained 1 egg on the 14th April, today it contained 3 eggs, still cold on bare wood. I never had the opportunity to identify the species therefore the record cannot be submitted. Assuming the last egg was laid on the 16th they are probably now dead. <br />
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This morning saw a low mist around 7am, the sort that is easily burnt off revealing clear blue skies. By 7.45am the temperature was higher than at any point yesterday. Checking boxes that I have an incomplete clutch count, boxes still at NL or less and boxes of unidentified species was the order for today and I had extracted more information in half an hour than I did in three hours yesterday morning. I have also possibly found a crevice in behind bark that could be used by Coat Tit. One bird was seen to go in this morning and excavate a bit of rotten wood out. If it does get used it's recordable and will constitute my first Coal Tit record<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-86055046229906586622017-05-01T19:18:00.001+01:002017-05-01T19:18:32.298+01:00Egg dumping?After losing most of yesterday to rain, I was delighted this morning to wake up to dry weather. It had rained overnight but at 8am it was dry. What I hadn't banked on was the temperature - to say it was cold was an understatement. It really did feel like January. The main aim of the morning was to try to gain some more full clutch sizes but unfortunately many of the females were sitting tight being fed on the nests. I don't have a license to lift birds off the nest, only a trained ringer can do this so I have to wait until the female comes off the nest. I do check the box first though just in case they are already off feeding. Lifting Blue Tit's by ringers is acceptable but in my opinion this practice with Great Tit's is a huge no no. If I know a Great Tit is incubating quite often I wont even check the box first, choosing instead to wait for her to come off and feed instead. A paper written a few years ago suggested that 24% of lifted Great Tit then deserted the nest. I need no further convincing about the delicate nature of Great Tit.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-39243580214902251342017-04-29T18:55:00.001+01:002017-04-29T18:55:22.261+01:00Box hatchlingsThe morning was spent mentoring James on his patch in his first year of recording with Daniel who was my mentor when I started. The morning started off warm, soon clouded over, the wind got up and the temperature dropped. There's a big difference in activity since my last visit two weeks ago and through watching back we were able to find 2 Linnet nests at NL, 1 suspected Willow Warbler nest at N2 and a flushed Woodpigeon with 2 eggs so a reasonable morning<br />
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On my own patch in the woods the first nest box eggs have hatched, a clutch of 6 Great Tits. Records have tumbled with this pair having smashed 7 days off the earliest nest box egg since the scheme began in 2013 and knocking 9 days off the earliest Great Tit record.<br />
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Tonight after work I checked approx. 40 boxes in the first section of wood and once again as per last year, signs of delayed incubation and / or delayed laying mid clutch. The section I checked, I am totally convinced that this area is a couple of degrees colder than other areas being slightly higher and more exposed. I think next season I may try an experiment with thermometers at either end and in the middle. <br />
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Some slightly better news - bagged my second Wren nest record tonight, 2 eggs.<br />
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Look at the Wren nest above that I found this evening. The pulse was racing with this discovery but would it be N4, NL or a nest record with eggs? Surely this piece of avian architecture is worth eggs! With record amounts of adrenalin pumping round the body I inserted my finger and - it wouldn't go in! It was a woody growth on the trunk with just enough moss on it to fool this nest recorder. </div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-56141716628480785432017-04-23T16:02:00.000+01:002017-04-23T16:02:40.914+01:00More hatchlingsStarted off today on the coast, first Cormorant nest has hatched, 2 young with an egg still to hatch. I love baby Cormorant's they way their heads and necks move around like serpents is a pleasure to watch. One Cormorant nest (no eggs recorded) has completely disappeared. <br />
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I also have 4 boxes in a private garden nr Truro where all four are occupied. Two Blue Tit's and 2 Great Tit's being the owners. The Blue Tit's have incomplete clutches of 3 eggs and 5 eggs, one Great Tit box still at NL, and the other another mystery like one yesterday - 1 egg on the 15th, 4 cold uncovered eggs today. Incubation should probably have commenced on the 18th, both birds are still present so once again we'll have to wait and see<br />
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Quietly confident that I should get around 80 make it to the eggs stage. The next couple of days will be spent checking the eggless nests again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-39763645584955621782017-04-22T21:26:00.002+01:002017-04-22T21:26:51.358+01:00Fledgings and mysteriesA nest box round today checking all boxes in one section of wood that had no eggs during my last visit on Good Friday. En-route I had 5 open nests to check out, 4 Song Thrush and 1 Blackbird.<br />
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On to the nest boxes - most boxes without eggs in the section I surveyed today are now either empty, N4 or NL. A couple of mysteries/oddities have cropped up though starting with Box 10 which on the 14th contained 3 Great Tit eggs, cold and covered over. Today it contained 6 eggs uncovered and cold so potential scenarios are desertion, predation of female or delayed incubation. As there's been good weather lately delayed incubation is unlikely, there were no alarming birds nearby so we'll have to wait and see on this one. Another unexpected occurrence was box 7. Last Friday it was N2 so expecting N4 or NL today, I was not expecting exactly the same nest as last week with a couple of white bits of fluff added finished off with 7 cold eggs! The last oddity was box 45. According to the note book last Friday it was empty, today NL so this pair have either built a whole nest and lined it in 7 days (rare but possible) or my box round last week of 190 boxes was in actual fact only 189 (which I doubt). Who knows.....<br />
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Another Wren nest has made it to NL, I have to be honest in that I don't like this nest. It's so shallow in the wall by standing back you can see all the white feather lining. Guaranteed to be predated this one. Talking of predation a Wren nest at N4 has been predated, ripped apart by something.<br />
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A Mute Swan at work that was on two eggs last Thursday is now clutched on five eggs. Perfectly fitting in with my visit she had covered the eggs and gone for a swim making things easy. Unfortunately the materials used to cover the eggs are a sign of today's society.....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-15552262094375164672017-04-19T21:19:00.000+01:002017-04-19T21:19:13.218+01:00Nest boxesTonight and the next two evenings will be spent checking nest boxes however - I will only be checking certain ones.<br />
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Last Friday the first and only full box round (190 boxes) was undertaken and 11 of them had eggs. The idea is for me to undertake two checks at the egg stage and four once they have hatched. Those with eggs last Friday will be checked again on the 26th. This allows those boxes with only one egg enough time for a clutch of 11 to be laid and those more advanced with four to six eggs will still be being incubated. 11 is the largest clutch I have seen (3 of). On Good Friday, those nests recorded at N1, N2, N3 are unlikely to have been finished, lined and eggs laid by today, those at N4 will probably also lack eggs in the five days since last being checked. This means the only ones being checked tonight and the next two evenings are those that were recorded at NL on Friday. <br />
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It is then intended to make three visits during the nestling stage, one just after hatching, one around FS when the feather is one-third emerged from the sheath and the third visit just before they are due to fledge. The fourth and final visit is intended once they have fledged - an empty box again.<br />
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This year it is intended to photograph each full clutch and then photograph the chicks during every visit of every box thus giving me for the first time ever a complete photographic record of each box that made it to the nest record stage.......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-10997541572274905932017-04-18T19:23:00.001+01:002017-04-18T19:23:59.229+01:00Can you find too many nests?Finding nests is great. It's the best survey and without doubt I am totally addicted. From March onwards it's like a drug but can you find too many nests?<br />
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Good quality data is of utmost importance to me, not the number of records submitted. Records with sufficient visits rather than lots of single visits. While single visits are acceptable to a degree so much more information can be gained from two visits or more. Of course there's always the possibility that the nest had failed on the second visit but that I'm afraid is out of our control.<br />
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The BTO have a priority species lists which includes three species in my woods - Song Thrush, Robin and Wren. The species have been listed in order of nest records received the most popular being Song Thrush. In a way this makes me want to try to put more effort into Wren nests, nationally the picture is very up and down. In recent years as little as 165 Wren nests submitted nationally, other years 400. <br />
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Now, my issue is that I work alone and have a scheme of 190 boxes. Male Wren's will build up to 6 "cock" nests in a territory of which one is then chosen by the female to line and lay eggs meaning all nests on the territory need to be found. It could be two nests, three nests etc, who knows? I checked a Wren nest at N4 tonight, it still isn't lined so carried out a thorough methodical search for more, - and found nothing. So, imagine five or six nests have been built, not all male wren's are monogamous meaning that a second female could have lined and used a nest in that territory. To avoid missing that record all nests have to be checked, another may be used for a second brood, meaning that three maybe four of the five or six nests "could" be used. Then there's the issue of next year in that some of the nests this year could be re-furbished in 2018 meaning that you may have to find and relocate two years worth of nests. One nest I found that wasn't used last year and still present three weeks ago has now been dismantled and rebuilt three feet away this year and has now been lined. If I didn't spot this subtle difference a record could have been lost.<br />
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I also have Song Thrush nests on the go, some predated some still active. Where will they raise their second brood? In their first nests or will I have to search and find again? So with probably over 25 Wren territories in the woods, along with Song Thrush nests, LT Tit nests and 190 boxes I have to be very careful that the whole project doesn't run away with me and my data suffers (and then it rains).........<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-37838314865316856022017-04-17T18:32:00.000+01:002017-04-17T18:34:01.457+01:00Wrens, Visiting nests and data gainedThe added advantage of working mixed woodland is fallen trees. Fallen trees provide great places for Wren and Robin to nest so this afternoon was a hunt for Wren nests. Wren will use unused nests from the previous year so a couple of old nests were checked out, unfortunately there was very little to nothing left of these. One was found in a wall by cold searching, the eye picking up a "mound" of moss sticking out. One was also picked up between ivy and a tree trunk, not sure yet whether it's at N3 or an old one. It's right next to a nest box and hasn't been spotted before so hopefully this years.<br />
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This Wren nest could be an old one or this years at N3. Note the entrance hole is at the back<br />
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The Long-tailed Tit nest above was found by watching the birds back to a gorse bush after hearing their alarm calls on the 25th March. A further visit on the 4th April revealed 5 eggs that were cold, ie - incubation had not started so the clutch was probably incomplete. Although LT Tits can lay up to 15 eggs usual clutch size is 6-9 so the next visit was timed for 5 days later. This visit demonstrated that 6 eggs had been laid meaning that incubation which would start with the last egg should have started on the 5th April. Incubation can be expected to last 14-17 days so it is likely I will check the nest again on 21st/22nd April.<br />
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This Song Thrush nest was found on the 9th April with 4 blind (BL) and naked (NA) young in the nest. Although the nest was empty on the second visit 7 days later due to predation the age of the young on the first visits allows a rough estimate to be made for when the first egg was laid and the first young were hatched.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-5943936032818466052017-04-16T17:08:00.000+01:002017-04-16T17:08:11.174+01:00Heavy predationThis morning I checked most of my open nests either because they were due to hatch, had hatched or 1st egg date was unknown because I had found the nest when the eggs were being incubated. Wasn't a good start, a Wren at N4 is still at N4, a Blackbird was predated at egg stage, two Song Thrush's have been predated at chick stage, another predated at egg/chick stage. Not all bad news though as another Song Thrush have just hatched, my other Blackbird still sits on 3 eggs, another Song Thrush sits on 4 eggs and another has well grown young which will hopefully fledge by the end of the week. To finish the morning on a positive the Wren nest I have in leafless honeysuckle could soon become a nest record - it was feeling rather soft inside today so I guess lining is being added.<br />
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The afternoon I decided to walk the stream through the woods as this type of habitat can provide excellent linear areas for nesting Wren and Robin. After 5 minutes of walking I left the path to join the stream and saw a Wren flush from bluebells. Knowing that Wren do not nest in bluebells it was time to check the nearest tree trunks and sure enough, there it was. Fantastic start but unfortunately it was the only one I found. <br />
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Not sure yet but tomorrow could be an all out assault on Wren nests, only 390 Wren nests submitted nationally in 2015<br />
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The morning today was spent at Ventongimps, the nesting patch of James who is in his first proper year as a nester. To date he had found a LT Tit nest with 5 eggs. The patch is made up of marshy areas, plenty of gorse, some wet woodland with some exciting species to get to grips with later in the season. Plenty of singing Willow Warbler, Chiff Chaff, a couple of singing Yellowhammer were a real treat and one or two Snipe were flushed.<br />
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So, having had a stroll whilst talking and watching we arrived at the said LT Tit nest, gently tapped and nothing flushed. James carefully placed his finger inside to count 8 eggs as the female was already off feeding . Real care needs to be taken with these so as not to damage the fixings or enlargen the entrance hole.The nest was found on the 5th April so first egg date was the 1st April, incubation would start around 7th/8th April lasting usually 14-16 days so hatching could take place around the 23rd April (ish). No need for further visits until this date.<br />
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On the way back we walked through the wet woodland where a brown bird flushed, female Blackbird or Song Thrush. A quick search through the suitable habitat in front of us (ivy on trees and stumps) and James found it. Really pleased it was him and not me. Song Thrush incubating 4 eggs.<br />
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Another potential nest came about when I saw some moss and bracken hanging in honeysuckle. Dead bracken doesn't find it's own way into honeysuckle so Wren nest. Just have to wait and see now whether it's remains of an old one or a new one at N1, the latter being my gut feeling.<br />
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Using a small dental mirror James also found a Tit nest in a natural cavity on a tree, the area below the entrance hole had some wear and tear and with a Great Tit calling in the background the owner may have identified himself. There was also a healthy collection of Woodpigeon nests, whether any will be used or not, time will tell<br />
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An excellent morning topped off with James finding a nest. It doesn't get any better.<br />
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Back to my own survey, on the way back from Ventongimps I called in at a friends of my parents house, a large country garden overlooking the River Fal. I have had 3 boxes here of which Tit's used 2 of them the last two seasons. A fourth (Nuthatch) box was erected during the winter when the species started to use her feeders. No Nuthatch using it but all four boxes had Tit nests with one box having one egg.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-1997045640490407832017-04-10T19:29:00.002+01:002017-04-10T19:33:50.574+01:002017 catch up, I'd got to the stage in December where you think "what does a nester blog about in December" and the answer was nothing that I can be bothered with however - after meeting a dog walker in the local woods on Saturday and a chance comment on this blog by newish nesters Paul and Jo from Devon I sort of thought that this needs to be fired up again as others do actually take inspiration from it so - <br />
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2017 is the best start I have had to a nesting season. Currently I have 7 nest records on the coast made up of 5 Cormorant and 2 Shag although in fairness there's no skill in pointing a telescope at a sea bird colony. No, the real action is down in my local woods.<br />
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In 2016 my first nest record came on 9th April and due to not fully knowing the woods (2nd season in there) and too much time spent on the coast I only actually found 11 open nests. To date this year I already have 10 made up of 7 Song Thrush, 2 Blackbird and a Long-tailed Tit with 2 more empty Blackbirds, 7 empty or part built Wren's, 2 part built Magpies and possibly a half built Dunnock nest.<br />
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So, how were these active nests found? 5 of the Song Thrush and both Blackbirds were found cold searching suitable habitat such as trees with ivy, honeysuckle etc. Basically evergreen habitats. One of the remaining Song Thrush was spent cold searching an area that a bird had been seen in the previous day and was found in a hollowed out tree trunk at a height of 4m. The remaining nest was found after egg shell was seen on the path with an alarming bird around 30m further along. The LT Tit nest was found by re-visiting a territory where the birds were present last year. Sure enough they were there but just feeding. The next weekend the pair were there again but not giving anything away making an equal number of trips to a gorse bush as they did a thick bramble patch. The week after both birds present again, alarm calling and only visiting the gorse - After a quick search the nest was found fully built ready for lining.<br />
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This Wren nest is probably the easiest I will ever find. It was made in leafless climber after the male had dismantled last years nest which was present 3 weeks ago and rebuilt it 3 feet to the right. </div>
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This is the start of a Wrens nest. At a height of 1.75m there is no other reason for a piece of dead bracken to be tucked inside ivy against a tree trunk. A similar set up but slightly more substantial was found around 6m away....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-15108409775560868042016-12-19T18:56:00.001+00:002016-12-19T19:10:37.532+00:00FirecrestThings are still slow in the garden but starting to pick up. A Firecrest was a most welcome record last week providing the 4th Garden Birdwatch record since 2010. Blackbird numbers have increased slightly, probably overseas migrants.<br />
My post back in September on the creation of my wildlife garden has been altered slightly and used by the BTO Garden Birdwatch team and has subsequently appeared in their Bird Table magazine which dropped through my letterbox on Saturday. Well chuffed to see an article in print.<br />
A walk through the woods last week gave two Song Thrush tuning up, not yet in full song.<br />
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My Fulmar survey of the local colony continues with data having been gathered every day this month so far. Numbers have peaked at 63 however with 32 there yesterday,16 when I arrived this afternoon and only 8 remaining when I left half an hour later I don't think it would be wrong to assume tomorrow will be a zero count. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-10936462642613009082016-12-10T19:47:00.000+00:002016-12-10T19:48:38.143+00:00Comprehensive Fulmar survey (Cornwall)Haven't posted for a while as there's been very little to write about. The most interesting thing was probably the fact that BTO are using my garden wildlife post made in September in the magazine for the Garden Birdwatch survey - Bird Table<br />
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My garden has been very quiet lately although it is slowly picking up. 5 Blue Tits today equalled a garden record, the first and only winter Starling appeared a few days ago with just a couple of examples from the expected species.<br />
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I monitor a local Fulmar colony as part of my Nest Record Scheme contribution however I have now decided to study the colony all year round taking particular note of winter numbers, breeding activity, weather conditions etc. I'm hoping the data collected will form the most comprehensive survey of a colony of Fulmar in Cornwall and will be an ongoing survey. After returning from mid ocean after the breeding season the peak count had been 32 recorded 3 days ago with numbers then dropping to 9 and subsequently 2 yesterday. With the bad weather today I was expecting the last two to have flown back out to sea so was pleasantly surprised to count 63. As time goes on maybe weather patterns could be used to predict numbers. We'll see.......<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127625500007447280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5331368890590182267.post-52850764206346612902016-10-09T18:27:00.001+01:002016-10-09T18:27:43.864+01:00KestrelToday was the wife's birthday so no Ornithology today. After spending £50 on pollinating plants at the local garden centre then buying lunch we went for a walk at Gunwalloe<br />
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