Thursday 21st May 2015

This morning the weather was definitely more spring like, just as well as the second visits to the nest boxes that I am monitoring in the Upper Thames Valley was due.

I checked 39 boxes over two sites and found that there was a single Tree Sparrow ready to be ringed along with 9 Blue Tits and 7 Great Tits, there are  9 boxes holding very small chicks or eggs so they will need visiting in about 10 days time. Sadly one box of 7 Blue Tits failed with all the young dead in the nest, the box was very wet inside which didn't help.

The weather really improved during the day and there were Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Yellowhammers all in full song.

I have left it too late to ring the Great Tits in the box in my garden, they are almost ready to fledge.