Bird Boxes Cleaning and Recording 21st September 2021

Peat Garden and Ebor Rise Bird Boxes Cleaning and Recording  21^st September 2021

Peat Garden		Ebor Rise
Bird Box Number/Tree	Content of Bird Boxes	Bird Box Number	Content of Bird Boxes
1 Norway Maple by Mag. Well	Empty, wet.  2 Leopard slugs	1	Tit nest + one remaining egg. Woodpecker attack around hole. Earwigs.
2 Norway Maple by Mag. Well	Nuthatch started.	2	Nuthatch nest probably successful.  A construction of clay inside entrance and onto box floor.  Probably by the nuthatch. Construction kept and photo taken.
3 Coast Cypress	Nuthatch nest.	3	Nuthatch nest.  A construction of clay. See notes for box 2.
4 Scots Pine	Empty	4	Tit nest.  Earwigs and slug.
5 Bay Willow	Tit nest.  Box reattached to tree. Photo taken. No artificial material observed in nest.	5	Tit nest. One egg left.
6 Dawn Redwood	Tit nest.	6	Tit nest.  Many earwigs.  String.
7 Cherry	Tree no longer exists.	7	Not able to reach – brambles need clearing.
8 Pine by toilet	Empty.	8	Empty
		9	Empty.
	Observations during year	10	Tit nest.
		11	Tit nest.
		12	Tit nest.
		13 (on cherry tree)	Tit nest.
		14	Not found
	.	16 (near 7)	Possible Tit nest not completed.  Moth hibernating.  Pliers needed.