Nest Boxes

Wednesday, May 20th 2015

Spring is an incredibly busy time for the bird ringers as they visit nest boxes across the training area to survey and ring the nesting populations of Tawny Owls, Kestrels and several other smaller species. Last night the first brood of Kestrel chicks were ringed.

Volunteers have been helping members of the ringing team on the reserve over the past two days as all of the 135 nest boxes on the reserve were checked.

We have found that there is huge variation in the development rate of nests this year. In some nests we have found large chicks not far from fledging, 17 have now been ringed on the reserve, while some birds are still collecting material and building their nests. These Blue Tit chicks were newly hatched in one of the boxes, and over the next three weeks will grow and develop their feathers ready to leave the nest.

Thank you to all the volunteers and ringers who have helped with this.

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