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Nest Box Summary 2017
Results for 2017
Peter Maiden, the village Tree Warden and carer for our woodland bird boxes has completed his survey and has now reported on this year’s uptake of the boxes by our feathered friends. There are 55 boxes at present. Five of them are intended for large birds, three for tawny owls and two for woodpeckers; all of these have remained unoccupied. It is difficult to persuade these birds to take up residence - doing so may take many years before we are successful and so we aren’t downhearted at our lack of success thus far.
The other 50 boxes are intended for smaller birds and 45 of them were occupied; a success rate of 90%. There are six boxes intended for nuthatches (4) and tree creepers (2). The nuthatch boxes housed one nuthatch and two great tits, with one remaining empty. Only one tree creeper box was occupied - by a blue tit, with the other remaining empty. For the 44 blue / great tit boxes, 42 had been occupied - over 95% occupations. This is probably our best year yet and may be a reflection of the woodland becoming more established. It is certain that we have other birds which make their nests in trees, bushes and thickets and so the contribution of Tarvin woodland to the success of our wild bird populations is significant and is increasing. Our woodland is becoming the wildlife haven that Jim Grogan always hoped it would be!
All the boxes have been emptied and cleaned and the birds will now use these boxes as safe winter roost sites.
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