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Thanks for the video. I'm going to try to plant some after watching this.

Should I seal them In wax paper then put them in air tight containers. Or no? Thanks

When putting them in the fridge should the tissue be wet? Dry? Damp?

You should have drilled those holes before drilling in the screws. Drilling holes will stop the wood from splitting. I

Nice job.

most funny thing is when they shuffle in empty box during their early visits , don't you have footage of that?

I had this happen when a pair of great tits moved into a nesting box I put up. They had built a nest there the year before, but nothing further happened until they raised their first brood there this year. With the box being fastened to a wall of our house, we could hear the tapping from indoors. It continued for hours per day, for a week or so. As I didn't have a camera set up, I had no idea what was going on, so just assumed they were putting up bookshelves.

Hi, I'm hoping to make one of these and gift to my kids' kindergarten. Can I please have the lengths of posts, etc I've downloaded the plans, but it's tricking to work out the total post length and volume of flat material. I'm hoping to do this in the next few weeks as part of NZs brid count. Please help 🙏 ❤

I think the tit likes the box but its too shallow. When you look at tit nesting videos they like to build up lot of nest material for the eggs. So maybe construct one where the camera is bit higher and has more space for the nest and the birds. 🤷‍♂

Hi. Thanks for the video. We put a bird box up a couple of years ago. No interest until last year when a pair of blue tits took a liking to it, in and out during late April and May then activity stopped. Waited till September to have a look and there were four eggs there. Cleaned the box later in the year and put it back up, again lots of activity April and May, going in with nesting material and at the end of May early June with what appeared to be food. No activity for almost two weeks now, never heard any chicks chirping. I’m hoping they have hatched and fledged but don’t want to look inside the box just yet in case they are still there. Do you know what the latest is for them to hatch? Again thanks for the video, keep up the good work Best regards Chris (UK)

Thanks for this video, it's two years old but I came here to research fledging. We were lucky to have 4 chicks survive up until yesterday. The box is now empty and I'm not sure what happened, where are the chicks, will they return, etc. There are some very good pointers in this video about predators, and looking for clues on/ around the nest for signs of predation. I'll take another look. Fingers crossed mine all fledged safely

Hello, we had one today who looked like it was nearly ready to fledge, he fell out and a cat attacked him. Sounds silly but we are devastated. We are fairly sure there are chicks in there that died. After nesting season, should we remove these or leave alone? Thanks :)

Where do the ones that’s didn’t survive go? 😢

I was hoping to find out what happens once the fledgling leaves the nest box. Does it try to return to its shelter in those first few vulnerable days? It fledged yesterday in the sunshine but there’s been downpours of rain since. I can’t see it anywhere, though there’s still unfledged chicks in the nest being fed by both parents.

Thank you. I had no idea, that I had to clean the box out. The person who made it, hasn't left anywhere to open it at the back. It's just a solid box with the hole for the Blue tits to get in 😊

We had a box on the side of the porch, I kept hearing this tapping sound and eventually realised it was bluetits pecking at the entrance hole, unfortunately they never moved in. However as I type we have a brood in the back garden box chirping away as the parent(s) work hard to keep the chicks fed. Should be at least another week before they fledge.

Ups and downs indeed! Sorry about the Blue Tits but happy for you about the Foxes. A few months ago I put up a 4 hole terrace nest box on a fence post behind our Weigela bush and set up an IP camera on it. However in the high winds of late Feb / early March the fence got damaged, the nest box terrace came down, and the camera got damaged. Due to family health issues and other commitments I've only today managed to get it back up (had to replace fence panels first). Too late for any avian occupants this year probably but I'm hoping to get the camera back online this week. Keep up the good vids buddy. 👍👍👍

Sad story about the blue tits. I know how you must feel. My box had seven blue tits and I lost four when the woodpecker decided to take them. I decided although not ideal I had to do rescue work and fitted a metal plate to stop the rest from being taken. Fortunately this did not seem to worry them too much so the three left are doing well. I have recorded the whole story since they were eggs so soon the job of editing it for my channel.

Awwwwww so sad :( ......As said, I had the same thing last year

I don't have a camera in my box but today I think I'm an uncle! The activity of my bluetits has become frantic today with a bird entering and leaving about every 4 or 5 minutes! So happy:) Last year I was so sad when a nesting pair deserted the nest and I found tiny skeletons when I cleaned it out. I can't describe how heart broken I felt :( fingers crossed for this brood!

It's so cool to see thank you so much 🐦💕

Nice explanation. I’ve got two boxes too with cameras and I also made a personalized box (a weird looking birdbox) which stands alone at my garden.

Nice one Will. I'm reasonably familiar with OBS due to using it regularly for live streaming church services. I did also temporarily have it set up at home for a couple of network cameras in the garden, but sadly I've had some hardware issues which I've not had chance to resolve yet, so both cameras are currently offline. Definitely a perfectly reasonable way to go though for anyone tech savvy enough to handle the initial setup. 👍🤓👍

My blue tit is a female she does alot of pecking of an evening when she's home for the night creating a dent. She will only pecking 1 spot and its damaging the box quite alot I'd love to know what she's trying to do.

If you're looking for another DIY project, check out my how to build a birdhide video: ruclips.net/video/XoCU237XX14/видео.htmlsi=YnY44YPIO9XWajwO

Straight forward instructions thanks for this easy build, However where possible paint all bare wood before assembly!! And on the feeding base its a good idea to have edging with gaps at the corners to drain away rain and after washing the platform!!Or as in my feeder there are half inch holes, The roof supports are critical in my opinion as size determines what birds visits your table as a rule of thumb the higher the supports the larger the birds, Which is a nuisance as my preference are small singing birds such as Robin's, Blackbirds, and all the tits, Pigeons, And Magpies can literally take over and hoard the feeder for hours denying all other birds of food, I hope for anyone of thinking of building there own bird table finds my tips useful!!! 🤔😉🇬🇧👍

Myself and a friend have required some land that we intend to start up a wildlife photography business. We're talking about building a bird hide. I came across your video..your design looks perfect for us it will be free standing though.

We had the wren and robin nest in our garden last year, hope they do it again this year❤

Amazing. Going to take the kids and gf wild camping this year

I remember this, such an amazing moment to have in your garden. Would be the highlight of many a nature lovers year.👍Happy New Year.

Excellent! Simple, practical advice! 👍👍👍

Thanks buddy. Do you have a video on installing a camera by any chance? Paul (SE London)

A nice design, as Graham commented, genius to have a removable roof. No doubt the recipients love them. Hope you and your family had a nice Christmas.

Great idea to have the removable roof - makes for easier cleaning between breeding seasons. Hope you're having a lovely Christmas and wish you a happy and nature-filled 2024! 👍🤓👍

Nicely done!

Too complicated

Sugar is life

Thank you I didn’t know

Amazingly beautiful

It grew with you

Interesting Thank you

So interesting Thank you

1:42 interesting Are these venomous snakes

So nice to see natural solvenia

Lovely little informative video.👍

Great stuff Will. Interesting facts and lovely footage, 👍👍👍

Great observation 👌

Excellent video. Thanks.

Terrific stuff as always Will. Some great ideas there buddy. Have a great weekend. 👍🙂👍

Love the autumn months, my favourite time of year. Nice little list, only ones I need to do are plant some acorns and buy/make a compost bin. We had one at our old house but not here as yet, lol.