OUR BLUE TITS (1)

I went and bought a bird box from John Lewis on Monday.
It's a very nice bird box, with a sloping slate roof and very solidly bulit, (it actually has the FSC (Field Studies Council) stamp on it, so it should be ok).
I hung it from the lavatory waste pipe at the back of our house, with a shoe-lace, about 7' from the ground, on monday evening.
Then I decided any potential "nestees" would need a perch, so "araldited" a chopstick to the side of the box, to provide it. An old fleece wrapped around the lavatory waste pipe provided all the stability the box needed.
All to do now was wait.

It didn't take long...!

Wednesday, and a Blue Tit sat on the perch, popped its head in the opening and flew away. Working all day, we saw mothing else, but we assume it came back for more "inspections".
Thursday, and A COUPLE of Blue Tits went inside the box! They were in there for a minute or so, (needed some privacy I reckon)!
Friday (today), and for some time, both Blue Tits were lining the inside of the box with clumps of moss!
One bird would fly to the chopstick, make sure the coast was clear, and then call the other.
The other would arrive with a gob-full of moss, and they would both go in the box. Feng Shui and all that, probably.
This went on for as long as I could watch, before I had to set off for work!
THEY DO SEEM TO BE NESTING...!

Blue Tit boxes, so I'm led to believe, should be in place by the end of February, because pairs of Tits start checking out sites in early March. They SHOULD lay by the end of April, up to FOURTEEN eggs!

We feel very fortunate that two birds have taken a liking to our box, ALREADY, and I will endeavour to provide updates, and PHOTOS of the Blue Tits, regularly.

We haven't named them yet, but as they do seem to like the chopstick, something Chinese may be in order. They do look a bit "Chinky" anyway! We so far have come up with "Tai" and "Chi". I quite like "Crispy" and "Duck" though.
There is one plump Blue Tit (possibly the larger female) and one more "svelte" Tit (possibly the male), although I will only know for sure when the female does most of the brooding, (IF they lay eggs).

I post a photo not of OUR Blue Tits, but a photo from the Arthur Grossett site again, but do hope to start posting actual photos of our Blue Tits, very soon...

Watch this space for updates on our Tits... (ooh nooo, matron etc... etc...)