I haven't had a chance to take any photos today but I did see a blue tit checking out all three bird boxes. As yet we don't think a decision has been made as to which box to choose but I noticed a bird going into the Bob Box late in the afternoon. We shall have to see which box they finally select for their nest.
This morning the hybrid duck's mallard partner was on the garden deck and she went back there later although she doesn't seem to be looking at the nest boxes upstairs. There was activity at the riverside boxes at around 5.00am and I saw her looking at both of those earlier this morning. Ring Neck wasn't around while I was at home and Lonely was as noisy as ever but didn't seem to be checking out the nest boxes. It would seem that all the ducks are still undecided as to where to nest but are also trying to exclude other ducks from nesting on our property!
The mandarins came for supper and drove off all other wildfowl but then flew away, probably back to Bushy Park.
The day started sunny but cold and then clouded over. Compared with yesterday it was really quite cold for the rest of the day, which might explain why the pair of long tailed tits came to feed on the fat block. We haven't seen them since the garden was underwater during the floods. Perhaps we were the only ones in the area at the time who were feeding the birds while times were hard.
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