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Great Tits inspecting nest box

Hi everyone,

Had a nest box with a 28mm entry hole near my house for about two years. Great Tits used it during spring 2018 and 2019.

Recently replaced it with a similar box equipped with a camera. Seems that a Great Tit is visiting the nest box regularly (almost every day) since the end of January.

It starts with inspecting and pecking around the outside of the box. It then enters the box, looks and pecks around and then hangs on to the entrance hole pecking around for a couple of minutes. This happens 1-2 times a day, usually before noon.

Does anyone know what this means? Is it expected behavior? Is it planning to build its nest in there? Is it looking for the old nest box?

Any feedback will be appreciated :-)

thanks,

Andreas