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I am a newby to nest boxes and for the last couple of weeks, I have had a Blue Tit nesting in our nesting box but for the last couple of days I have not seen it :-(
Do you think it has abandoned the nest or is something else going on as I don't know what the stages of nesting are?
Please help
It could be laying but won't sit the eggs till all are laid so all the young hatch together.
She wil lay an egg then leave the box till she is ready to lay another.
On the sad side something could have happened just be patient
Ray
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This sometimes happens but unless you have a camera installed you cant be 100% sure. I have a box which I can see from my kitchen window ( Yes, I do all the washing up in our house...) and although I watched a pair of tits examining the box sometime ago I never saw them again for a couple of weeks. Suddenly they have reappeard and are in and out constantly at the same time each evening......just as I am washing the dishes !
So hopefully you may see them again.
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