I made and fixed a box for blue tits on my garden fence last summer, about mid December I noticed something had been nibbling around the edge of the hole? Because of this behaviour of ‘passing through’ the area, there will be many more individuals visiting your garden than you ever see at one time. So I wouldn’t worry about it, and it is usually recommended to feed through the summer as your neighbours are doing. A nest box with a small round entrance hole will encourage Blue Tits to nest in your garden, with the small hole preventing larger birds from using it.

You can recognise it by its black cap and throat, white cheeks, olive-brown back, and buff underparts.

With the weather getting more wintry I expect you’ll find other birds will start to arrive quite soon! The whole size should be perfect for Blue Tits (but a little small for Great Tit) but clearly yours don’t think so! If they have taken over then that’s it for the Blue Tits unfortunately, but I hope you can enjoy the bees which are quite fascinating: see this article from Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Hi Roger , I have had nesting Blue Tits for a great number of years and can honestly say never had any sign of casualties . Perhaps the rarest tit to spot near bird feeders, the crested tit is mostly confined to the forest area in the Highlands.

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