Monday 14th May 2012

Posted on May 14, 2012 by clairesallotment

I forgot to mention this before, and Mark just reminded me. I got a nesting box attached to my shed at the bottom of out very short garden. It’s been there for 6 years or so and nothing has even taken an interest in it…..until now.
A few weeks ago a pair of Great tits (all sorts of jokes are rushing through your head I know) took an interest in it, and now they’re nesting. I’ve seen the male birds keep flying in and out of the hole with food in it’s mouth. I might have baby birds soon.
I’ll let you know how they get on, and try to take a picture, but I don’t want to scare them.
I have Great tits in by big box!!!!! Innuendo’s are a plenty.

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14 Responses to Monday 14th May 2012

  1. Pete's avatar Pete says:
    May 14, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    I’ll bet you seldom get to tell this to the Vicar ! Looked up your friends in Wikipedia.What a pretty little bird! Good for ridding your allotment of bugs.

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  2. Jay's avatar Jay says:
    May 14, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    I’d go up to it quietly and listen to it. If you have chicks, you can hear them! We have one outside our front door, as it used to nest in a crack in the ceiling but the chicks, kept falling out and dying. 😦 and now!! they have their little house on the wall and you can see the adults zipping in and out of the house and you can hear them screaming inside!! it’s amazing!!!

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  3. Terence's avatar Terence says:
    May 14, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    lovely , can you post a picture sometime? I got a nestbox in a boot sale for 50 p last year. Am goig to put it on the side of the shed at the alotment

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  4. Claire's avatar Claire says:
    May 14, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Awwww….!! I think you should video them for us. I blogged about the birds nest building on my little blog the other week, here’s a link to it and the post with the birds building nests is the second to last post. http://bramblycorner.blogspot.co.uk/
    Thank you for being a great inspiration Claire, I feel I know you personnally now after following your updates for so long. (Oh crumbs, do I sound like an internet weirdy weirdo now? Hee hee).
    From, ANOTHER Claire. xxx

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    • clairesallotment's avatar clairesallotment says:
      May 16, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      I’ve just subscribed to you blog. It’ll come up as Claire Stay, but that’s my married name.
      I love the photos of the sparrow, I’ll try to get some of my birdies, but I don’t want to scare them.

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  5. steve wortinger's avatar steve wortinger says:
    May 14, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    Cool about the birds…are they named after you?
    lol

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  6. baymansblog's avatar baymansblog says:
    May 15, 2012 at 12:10 am

    I am very happy to have several sparrows nesting in the rafters of my shed.They are always welcome in the garden.All the best from across the pond.

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  7. Cloud's avatar Cloud says:
    May 16, 2012 at 6:46 am

    Between the british Great Tits and Butt barrels, its like watching an episode of spitting image. Anyhow. Hello from the states! I have been watching a few of your videos while drinking a cup of PG (Can thank my Londoner GF for that one). Really great stuff. The videos I mean. 🙂

    This last winter I decided to tear up the front lawn (garden) and the back. Figuring sod is useless for the most part other than keeping the soil there. Now I have nearly 1000SF of garden beds to play with. Corn, beans, wheat, and potatoes in the back. They are in 4 foot by 25 foot blocks. And another 500SF or so in the front yard for all the greens, 200 plus onions (maggio, amposta, stuttgarts, leeks, and jumbo sweets) broccoli, mustard, cabbages, and the Solanum bed (hot/sweet peppers/ okra/aubergine/tomatoes)

    I find it satisfying to see people still working the soil. Growing their own food. It’s a part of the human culture sadly we have pushed aside in our modern living. Doesn’t quite lend itself to any sort of disasters be they natural or economic.

    Anyhow! Thanks.

    Off to watch a few more videos

    – cloud

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    • clairesallotment's avatar clairesallotment says:
      June 26, 2012 at 3:42 pm

      Hello from across the pond. I like to keep people entertained as best I can. A few little laughs are good. Wow you’ve been busy digging up your garden, and loads of planting. Vegetable growing is a dying art form. Once everyone did it, but I suppose with our busy lives it has fallen by the wayside. It’s such a shame, but some people just don’t have the time. My husband is very busy at work, and out for 11 hours each day on mon-fri. The weekends are catching up on post and the like. I sometimes sneak off to the allotment for a couple of hours, but I do like to see him.
      All the best,
      Claire

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