Nuthatch checks the birdbox

The New Year has started and I’ve started to monitor the birdbox again. Birds are occasionally peeking inside the box but unlike last year I have no evidence of birds roosting in the box at night.

Last week I recorded for the first time a nuthatch peeking inside the box. In the video below you can see him checking the box twice and both times only a second later a blue tit followed him.

Nuthatch and blue tit checking the box, 9 January 2013, 10:02am