New box - when to expect visits?
Feb 7, 2023 11:03:15 GMT
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Post by johnb2023 on Feb 7, 2023 11:03:15 GMT
Hello, newbie here in all senses.
I'm a bit of a geek and put up a nest box with camera at the weekend in a garden which has never had a box at all (been here 15 years). There is also a feeder about 20 feet away. Next door's garden is a bird haven with a couple of small old boxes and feeders that I can see and lots of bird activity. Our garden is pretty bare and basic - grassy and open with some conifers and bushes/hedges surrounding. I have seen some coal and blue tits in an apple tree on the drive however, with direct line of sight to my box, but they are more interested in said neighbours roof above this tree which has a cavity.
My box is facing NE, about 6 foot up on the side of a shed which has had no use since end of summer (and we are not going in the garden at all atm while we are watching).
I have read here and elsewhere of tit visits going back as early as January. Someone even said they had visits less than 24 hours after putting up a new box! Is that the norm? I have not even had a head pop in for a sneaky look yet. Is my garden currently just a blind spot to the birds? Is it a matter of time given nearby activity or might it take a couple of seasons?
I'm a bit of a geek and put up a nest box with camera at the weekend in a garden which has never had a box at all (been here 15 years). There is also a feeder about 20 feet away. Next door's garden is a bird haven with a couple of small old boxes and feeders that I can see and lots of bird activity. Our garden is pretty bare and basic - grassy and open with some conifers and bushes/hedges surrounding. I have seen some coal and blue tits in an apple tree on the drive however, with direct line of sight to my box, but they are more interested in said neighbours roof above this tree which has a cavity.
My box is facing NE, about 6 foot up on the side of a shed which has had no use since end of summer (and we are not going in the garden at all atm while we are watching).
I have read here and elsewhere of tit visits going back as early as January. Someone even said they had visits less than 24 hours after putting up a new box! Is that the norm? I have not even had a head pop in for a sneaky look yet. Is my garden currently just a blind spot to the birds? Is it a matter of time given nearby activity or might it take a couple of seasons?