Foxglove Covert Nest Box Totals

At Foxglove Covert we have a large number of nest boxes spread throughout the reserve in a variety of habitats. Our large boxes are suited to Owls and Jackdaws and the smaller ones attract species such as Tits, Flycatchers, Nuthatches and Wrens.  Each summer, every box is checked to determine which are being used and by what.  Return visits when the chicks are the correct size enable us to ring the chicks under the BTO ringing scheme and submit the nest records to the BTO nest recording scheme.

The table below shows the number of nests of each species found, and the number of chicks then ringed.  Previous years data are included to allow you to see the trends over time. 

Nest boxes can be individually adopted for a season as part of our Adopt-A-Box scheme. Get in touch, or pick up a leaflet for more details on this scheme.

	2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
Species	Nests	Ringed	Nests	Ringed	Nests	Ringed	Nests	Ringed	Nests	Ringed
Great Tit	19	67	27	132	24	105	21	66	23	109
Blue Tit	12	61	12	87	19	82	19	104	17	90
Wren	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	6
Coal Tit	5	29	1	7	1	8	6	49	6	50
Grey Wagtail	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Tawny Owl	3	3	2	4	1	3	3	5	1	0
Stock Dove	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
Jackdaw	6	12	10	27	7	9	7	10	4	8
Total	45	172	52	257	53	212	56	234	54	266