only bought a cargo bike to do the school run but now, seven years on, I use it for everything. I use it to carry the dog to the park, I put the weekly supermarket shopping in it, and sometimes I get my husband to chauffeur me in it when he and I go to the pub.
It’s made living in the city a thousand times more pleasant. There are no parking tickets, no Ulez issues, no traffic jams. They’re immune to the sky-rocketing costs hammering car ownership (where insurance premiums have risen from an average of £613 to a record high of £892 in just 12 months, say Compare the Market, while the price of fuel
A horse can gallop at speeds of 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (or 25 to 30 miles per hour). The fastest known speed by a race horse was 70,76 kilometres per hour (43.97 miles per hour).
Put the Gazebo back up now the summer has arrived need the shade from the Sun, sure the bluetits don't mind even though it's close to their nest box. Sit a watch them fly in and out with building material very industrious little birds and the first time in all the years we've lived here they've occupied the box. Was told the hole had to be correct size or they wouldn't go in it, so having measured it was correct hung it up temp on a nail in the wall of the house. To my surprise they kept showing interest. So with them now nesting it was probably the position in the Garden as the move to the wall of the house this year has done the trick. The neighbours Cat showing an interest but the box is to high up the wall, it can only sit and watch like us. Have to keep eye out when the chicks leave the nest that the cat is not around but sure mum & dad bluetit will look after them..... the Cat gets dive bombed by the Magpies they're not scared of it and show who's boss. Funny to watch Friend said, I should've put camera in the box and recorded them but had .heard form others that did that and watched them later on abandon the chicks which died. Wouldn't want that, so happy to watch from afar.......keep you posted. tweet tweet
"So with them now nesting it was probably the position in the Garden as the move to the wall of the house this year has done the trick."
Bluetit nesting boxes should ideally face between North & East. This avoids strong sunlight (which makes the box too hot) & protects from most of the rain.
"Was told the hole had to be correct size"
Just over 25mm (an inch) is ideal. They don't mind it being bigger, but the trouble is that allows bigger birds to access it & steal the space, & even sometimes kill the bluetits.
Bluetits are such industrious birds. Once the chicks are hatched, just watch how many times the parents fly in & out all day bringing food.
Just looked it up on google, which says...
"Feeding chicks takes its toll on the parents as they flit in and out of the nest box with juicy fat caterpillars. Each chick can eat 100 caterpillars a day, so to feed a brood of ten, adults need to find as many as 1,000 caterpillars a day!"
Toot Toot it's very therapeutic I can recommend it ( tlt )
When I first noticed them they would land on the washing line twitching and looking around after few seconds dart in the hole in the box. Now they just fly straight in so can't see what's in their beak. Their used to us being close now and fly over our heads not a care in the World. Cats given up stalking them more afraid of the Magpie getting him. tweet tweet
Comments
Our life in their hands ( Oops! Rules ) Tory roll over.
only bought a cargo bike to do the school run but now, seven years on, I use it for everything. I use it to carry the dog to the park, I put the weekly supermarket shopping in it, and sometimes I get my husband to chauffeur me in it when he and I go to the pub.
It’s made living in the city a thousand times more pleasant. There are no parking tickets, no Ulez issues, no traffic jams. They’re immune to the sky-rocketing costs hammering car ownership (where insurance premiums have risen from an average of £613 to a record high of £892 in just 12 months, say Compare the Market, while the price of fuel
A horse can gallop at speeds of 40 to 48 kilometres per hour (or 25 to 30 miles per hour). The fastest known speed by a race horse was 70,76 kilometres per hour (43.97 miles per hour).
Well the Sun is shining anyway that's something.
Put the Gazebo back up now the summer has arrived need the shade from the Sun, sure the bluetits don't mind even though it's close to their nest box. Sit a watch them fly in and out with building material very industrious little birds and the first time in all the years we've lived here they've occupied the box. Was told the hole had to be correct size or they wouldn't go in it, so having measured it was correct hung it up temp on a nail in the wall of the house. To my surprise they kept showing interest. So with them now nesting it was probably the position in the Garden as the move to the wall of the house this year has done the trick.
The neighbours Cat showing an interest but the box is to high up the wall, it can only sit and watch like us. Have to keep eye out when the chicks leave the nest that the cat is not around but sure mum & dad bluetit will look after them..... the Cat gets dive bombed by the Magpies they're not scared of it and show who's boss. Funny to watch
Friend said, I should've put camera in the box and recorded them but had .heard form others that did that and watched them later on abandon the chicks which died.
Wouldn't want that, so happy to watch from afar.......keep you posted. tweet tweet
"So with them now nesting it was probably the position in the Garden as the move to the wall of the house this year has done the trick."
Bluetit nesting boxes should ideally face between North & East. This avoids strong sunlight (which makes the box too hot) & protects from most of the rain.
"Was told the hole had to be correct size"
Just over 25mm (an inch) is ideal. They don't mind it being bigger, but the trouble is that allows bigger birds to access it & steal the space, & even sometimes kill the bluetits.
I got the box as Birthday Pressie only came with instructions how to assemble.
Females are fussy creatures...... hic!
Just looked it up on google, which says...
"Feeding chicks takes its toll on the parents as they flit in and out of the nest box with juicy fat caterpillars. Each chick can eat 100 caterpillars a day, so to feed a brood of ten, adults need to find as many as 1,000 caterpillars a day!"
When I first noticed them they would land on the washing line twitching and looking around after few seconds dart in the hole in the box.
Now they just fly straight in so can't see what's in their beak.
Their used to us being close now and fly over our heads not a care in the World.
Cats given up stalking them more afraid of the Magpie getting him. tweet tweet