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I like tits. I especially like it when they nest in my garden. We had a really successful nest box in the side of the house, had a pair nest in it every year for about 8 years but the box was starting to fall apart. So last year I bought a new box with a wi-fi connected camera in it and put it up in exactly the same place. Since then, not a sniff. Not even a peek in through the hole. All of last season nothing. Now nudging to towards spring and still no interest.
Same box size, same location, same door/hole size. Still got lots of birds in the general area, in particular in the beech hedge nearby.
How can I attract them as every time I open the app on my phone, look at the livestream and see it is empty I get sad.
The tits in our garden love my fat balls and nut selection,try that.
I also hide my nuts in the middle of a bush,so it stops the bigger birds frightening the tits away .
So last year I bought a new box with a wi-fi connected camera in it and put it up in exactly the same place. Since then, not a sniff. Not even a peek in through the hole.
How would you feel if some weirdo installed a camera in your bedroom?
So last year I bought a new box with a wi-fi connected camera in it and put it up in exactly the same place. Since then, not a sniff. Not even a peek in through the hole. All of last season nothing. Now nudging to towards spring and still no interest.
We have 7 bird boxes of various types in our garden. It is a complete lottery as to what birds nest in which boxes. Apart from the Wren's, they love theirs. We also have sparrows all round so I built a sparrow terrace. Not a sniff in 10 years of it being up. Nature makes it's own decisions.
A new bird box may well smell horribly to a bird - if they are painted or treated particularly.
Out biggest issue are the bully boy Magpies and Crows which are just brutal and flying gobshites....
Out biggest issue are the bully boy Magpies and Crows which are just brutal and flying gobshites…
Yup,and their numbers keep going up around our area 😔
I built a sparrow terrace. Not a sniff in 10 years of it being up.
Same here - a lovely 4 berth sparrow box which has only been used by blue tits.... until last weekend when a bunch of sparrows started taking an interest and taking nest material in.
Only Fantails?
Very good!
How would you feel if some weirdo installed a camera in your bedroom?
Shh- he hasn't noticed yet!