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Focus on the eggsLast updated: Wednesday 22st April

Now that Mrs. B. has finished laying her eggs (assuming she's stopping at 9), I have adjusted the focus of the camera down to egg-height in order to see any signs of cracks or emerging pink wrigglers. This means that things will look a bit blurry higher up, so don't worry if the adult beaks seem out of focus.

Egg count: 9!!!

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The best action from 2026Last updated: Friday 21th April

21th April 2026

9 EGGS! Apparently blue tits can lay up to 12 eggs, but Mrs. B's 9th egg sets a new record for this box. Go Mrs. B!

17th April 2026

Is this Mrs. B laying an egg? I can't see anything popping out, but she hops up on to the side of the nest cup, and just stands there with her bum over the nest. Is she waiting for an egg to come out? The next time we see in the nest there are 5 eggs.

13th April 2026

EGG! Some time between 6.18am and 6.43am (or possibly 6.23am) she laid her first egg. Well done Mrs. B! In the last bit, Mr. B. comes in, looks a bit lost, spots the egg and does a hilarious double take, before flying off at top speed.

10th April 2026

Mrs. B. spent the night in the nest for the first time, fluffed up and with her head tucked under her wing. It won't be long until we see some eggs!

10th April 2026

Puttin the finishing touches to the nest. She is now bringing in fluffier material for the nest cup, and has changed the flapping to form a nice shaped place to lay her eggs.

31th March 2026

The nest building starts in earnest. Mrs. B spends all morning bringing in lovely springy moss for the underlay of the nest.

20th March 2026

Mr. B. is bringing in food, which Mrs. B. happily takes while she is cleaning out the box. She has started digging the schmutz out of the drainage holes now.

17th March 2026

The box has quite a lot of poo from last year's nest on the floor. Mrs. B. is clearing it out, but she also seems to be just chucking a lot of it around. A technique I have yet to try myself, when cleaning the house.

9th March 2026

Mrs. B brings in some nesting material and chucks it on the floor before doing that flapping thing.

23th February 2026

Mrs. B practices the flapping she'll be doing when making the nest. The technique involves bringing in some stuff and then flapping to spread it around.

18th February 2026

Mr. B. does a typical bloke's attempt at cleaning - picking up a couple of bits of dirt before getting bored and leaving.

16th February 2026

Mrs. B. comes and has a look at the mess on the floor, before hopping up to the door and giving it a damn good pecking. This is quite common with blue tits, and no-one really knows why they do it.

17th January 2026

Starling attack! Listen to the starling (maybe) scrabbling around on the box. Look to the left of the screen and you can see a long pointy beak coming in. The blue tits avoided the nest for a week after this - maybe it put them off?

6th January 2026

The first recorded visits of the year. Just a quick hop in and out to get a feel for the place. They will keep coming in with increasing regularity until the nest building starts, and it's all systems go!