See the main page for notes, photos, and diaries for other years.
You can view live video here from some of the nestboxes (not guaranteed always online, but I try
to keep it running).
Here is a page with some explanation of how I do the video.
The numbered nestboxes can be seen on this photo, and the entrances to the internal boxes on the gable end in this photo.
| Year | Nest | Adult1 | Adult2 | Egg1 | Egg2 | Egg3 | Hatch | Fledge1 | Fledge2 | Fledge3 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1 | ||||||||||
| 2025 | #3 | ≤May-8 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #4 | May-11 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #5 | ≤May-12 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #g1 | ≤May-7 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #g2 | ≤May-11 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #g4 | ≤May-11 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #g6 | ≤Apr-29 | |||||||||
| 2025 | #sb4 | ≤May-7 | ≤May-10 | ||||||||
| Year | Nest | Adult1 | Adult2 | Egg1 | Egg2 | Egg3 | Hatch | Fledge1 | Fledge2 | Fledge3 | Comments |
Predicted dates above based on the average for previous nests with camera: last egg to hatching 19 days; hatching to first fledging 42 days.
2025-May-15 There have been no further visits by swifts to camera nestbox #4 since two days ago. After two nights absence, the solitary roosting Great Tit was back in nestbox #1 last night.
2025-May-13 After its overnight stay the previous night, the swift in camera nestbox #4 didn't stay last night, but continues (one assumes it's the same bird) to visit for an hour or two at a time. After coming into camera nestbox #1 to roost overnight for around 4 weeks, the solitary Great Tit didn't appear last night.
2025-May-12 This morning, a swift was looking out of nestbox #5.
2025-May-11 This morning, a swift was looking out of nestbox #g2, and one was seen entering #g4.
At 20:06, a swift entered camera nestbox #4 and stayed overnight.
2025-May-10 Now definitely a pair of swifts in 'starling' box #sb4.
2025-May-8 A swift entered nestbox #3 this morning.
2025-May-7 By now there are more swifts in the area - I saw a group of 7 near the house earlier today. This morning, I twice saw a swift enter 'starling' box #sb4, and a swift enter nestbox #g1. Nothing yet in the two nestboxes with camera, but the solitary Great Tit continues to roost in nestbox #1 overnight.
2025-Apr-30 I sighted the first swift of the season yesterday evening, and after circling it entered nestbox #g6. This is the earliest in the year I have seen a swift arrive, by a few days, but of course the nestboxes aren't closely monitored, apart from the two with cameras.
2025-Apr-24 The roosting Great Tit continues to spend the night in camera nestbox #1 - that's for over 10 nights now.
2025-Apr-14 Since getting the video cameras running again (just for me at the moment - not online), I've observed that a single Great Tit (Parus major) is roosting in nestbox #1 overnight. No sign of it thinking of nesting there so far.
2025-Apr-12 Getting ready for a new season. No swifts sighted yet.
The two video cameras are not yet online for the 2025 season (link to live video above).
This is nestbox #1 in which swifts raised young for the first time in 2012.
In 2013 (with a camera in the box for the first time) they raised 3 chicks; 2 in 2014; 3 in 2015; 2 in 2016; 1 in 2017; 2 in 2018; 3 in 2019; 1 in 2020; 2 in 2021; 3 in 2022; and 2 in 2023. Swifts didn't nest here in 2024.
The dates of arrival of the first swift in this box were: 2013 May 6th evening; 2014 May 5th evening; 2015 May 5th evening; 2016 May 4th afternoon; 2017 May 6th midday; 2018 May 7th afternoon; 2019 May 7th afternoon; 2020 May 9th morning; 2021 May 7th afternoon; 2022 May 8th evening; 2023 May 7th morning; 2024 May 7th evening (but no nesting).
This is nestbox #4 in which swifts raised young for the first time in 2014 (with a camera in the box).
2 chicks were raised in 2014; 3 in 2015; 2 in 2016; 3 in 2017; 2 in 2018; 1 in 2019; 3 in 2020; 3 in 2021; 3 in 2022; none in 2023. Swifts didn't nest here in 2024.
The dates of arrival of the first swift in this box were: 2014 May 7th evening; 2015 May 4th evening; 2016 May 5th evening; 2017 May 5th evening; 2018 May 18th morning; 2019 May 15th afternoon; 2020 May 4th afternoon; 2021 May 9th evening; 2022 May 10th morning; 2023 May 7th afternoon; 2024 June 26th (but no nesting); 2025 May 11th.