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Post by matt on Mar 22, 2021 12:09:34 GMT
My two nests both started mid April but I am quite a ways North from you, but I wouldnt give up hope till end of April. The lack of visits are frustrating but I think it seems normal, I think they possibly have chosen their sites and are now just waiting for the right conditions before they begin building. I hope you get a nest to watch of your own, I'm confident you will after all the visits  Roll on April  I hope you are right, Karen! I must admit I am increasingly looking back on the late start to my only nest (8th April) as a bit of an anomoly - maybe from a displaced nest, or a second female? But maybe they do just start a bit later near me, hard to say until I see a bluetit flying around with nesting material! I can say with some certaintly that the starlings and sparrows have started, so my backup plans are out the window - it is now bluetit or bust! As you say, won't give up hope for another month or so, but I can't say I really enjoy watching empty boxes at the moment as hope slowly fades away. I didn't enjoy it last year, either, which does make me wonder whether to try again next year - I should be full of the joys of spring when watching a sparrow foraging for nesting material, intstead I just feel peed off that they didn't use my box!! |
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Roll on April 