Showing posts with label Nestbox Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nestbox Challenge. Show all posts
Friday, 1 May 2020

Starling Chicks

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Following on from my last post about this year's Starling nest, I'm very happy to report that, from the 5 eggs laid, we know have 5...
Saturday, 18 April 2020

Starling Nest 2020 - Eggs are Laid

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2020 is the seventh year in a row that I've had the pleasure of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) nesting in a box that I have on the side o...
Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Starlings are Go!

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My last post about the Starling nest on my house was on 5th May, when the 5 chicks were ringed by me (see here ). Since then, the birds hav...
Sunday, 5 May 2019

Starlings Ringed

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It's been a few weeks since I last blogged about the Starling nest on my house (see here ). Since then, the 5 chicks have done really w...
Saturday, 27 April 2019

Starling Nest - We've got Chicks!

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This year's Starling nest had 5 eggs back on 11th April. The average incubation period for this species is two weeks, so, when noise was...
Thursday, 11 April 2019

Five eggs

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Following on from my last post, the Starlings have now laid a full clutch of 5 eggs. 5 eggs This should be a complete clutch now, so...
Friday, 11 May 2018

Starling Nest - an update

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I first blogged about the Starling nest on the side of my house back in April (see post here ). At the time there were just 3 eggs in the ne...
Sunday, 25 June 2017

All Gone!

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It's been 3 weeks since I last blogged about the Starling nest in the nestbox on my house, so here's an update. The 4 chicks hatc...
Sunday, 4 June 2017

Four New Chicks

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On 22nd May I blogged about the Starling nestbox on my house having a second clutch of 4 eggs. On Saturday afternoon I had a look in the bo...
Monday, 22 May 2017

Nice surprise!

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The first brood of Starlings fledged from the nestbox on my house on 12th May. Since then, a male bird has been present singing and buildin...
Friday, 12 May 2017

All Gone!

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I last blogged about the Starling nest in April, when I ringed the chicks. Since then, they've gone from strength to strength, growing ...
Saturday, 29 April 2017

Starlings Ringed

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The Starling chicks in the box on the side of my house have continued to grow very nicely over the last week and a half since they hatched ...
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Monday, 24 April 2017

Starling Nest Update - 5 Chicks

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Last time I blogged about the Starling nest in my nestbox was the 8th April, when I noted incubation had begun. Since then, the nest has gon...
Saturday, 8 April 2017

Incubation's Begun

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The Starling 's in the nestbox have continued their nesting attempt this week, and appear to have started incubating the eggs. Male...
Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Starlings' First egg.

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The Starlings have been building a nest on the side of my house again (see labels Starling Nest 2017 for details). Male Starling Whe...
Monday, 27 March 2017

Starling Nest 2017- the season begins

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The Starlings that nest in the box on the side of my house have been busy again this week, and have started to build their nest. This is wh...
Thursday, 7 July 2016

Starlings have gone

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Last Thursday morning (30th June) I heard the  young Starlings in the nestbox on the side of my house. When I got home from work in the eve...
Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Starling Update

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I haven't blogged about the Starling nest on my house for a couple of weeks now, so I thought it was about time for an update. My las...
Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Starling Nest Update

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The Starling nestbox on my house has been used for a second time this year, and when I came home this evening I could hear something, so I ...
Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Starling box - a second brood!!

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According to the books, Starlings can sometimes have 2 broods in a year. So far, the box on the side of my house has only ever produced 1 br...