Post by matt on Jan 24, 2020 14:53:36 GMT
Thanks Paul, me too!
It was interesting looking at the old "visit videos" from the last two years. I can see the dates that they were recorded, so I get a good idea of how active things were since I have a short video for every visit to every box. Things are very quiet in December and January, and then really kick off quite suddenly around this time of year. Both of the last two years this meant going from a total of just a couple of visits in a month, to a visit to most boxes on most days from now(ish) until end Feb. Then they go away for a few weeks and - ideally - come back and start making a nest at end of March/early April. Given all that, I've actually had more visits over winter than the last two years, so am now expecting (hoping!) that the visits really pick up soon. A little bit surprised not to have more action over the last week, given the weather we have had - next week looks stormy again. You were right about the number of bluetits dropping though - I still have one that is on and off the fat feeder for most the day, but the winter flock of 10-20 that has been buzzing around seems to have broken up. Long tail tits are still coming in a group of about 10 though, which is nice.
It was interesting looking at the old "visit videos" from the last two years. I can see the dates that they were recorded, so I get a good idea of how active things were since I have a short video for every visit to every box. Things are very quiet in December and January, and then really kick off quite suddenly around this time of year. Both of the last two years this meant going from a total of just a couple of visits in a month, to a visit to most boxes on most days from now(ish) until end Feb. Then they go away for a few weeks and - ideally - come back and start making a nest at end of March/early April. Given all that, I've actually had more visits over winter than the last two years, so am now expecting (hoping!) that the visits really pick up soon. A little bit surprised not to have more action over the last week, given the weather we have had - next week looks stormy again. You were right about the number of bluetits dropping though - I still have one that is on and off the fat feeder for most the day, but the winter flock of 10-20 that has been buzzing around seems to have broken up. Long tail tits are still coming in a group of about 10 though, which is nice.