The blue tits

There's been time for just one grabbed image today but I promised to let you know what the blue tits have been doing.  I previously mentioned that they couldn't make up their minds between the boxes available to them and spent the whole of last week checking out all three nest boxes, including the one with the camera.

Our old home!

Last year a pair had nested in a different box which had needed to be cleaned out for this season. Because of the floods we hadn't been able to clean it and it was only on Saturday evening that the 'old' box was dry and ready for use. Dave had placed it on top of a cupboard in the car port but we hadn't thought any more about it as it hadn't been fixed to a wall.  To our amazement the blue tits immediately started to visit their old box almost to the exclusion of the three other boxes, to the point where we realised that they would probably choose that box.  As it was unsafe where it stood Dave secured it to the wall close to two of the other boxes and the blue tits have been spending most of their time at that box.  It would appear to be a case of 'Home Sweet Home'!