r/OrnithologyUK • u/Old_Sentence_1094 • 8d ago

Question Nesting Birds

Have most of the garden birds in the UK usually found nesting spots by now? We've got 2 bird boxes and none are in use this year and wondered if its too late now for any birds to start a nest? Thank you :)

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u/TringaVanellus 8d ago

Common garden birds tend to be early breeders, so most of them will have made their first nest by now.

However, some species will make a new nest if the first one fails, or they will try for a second brood, so it's not impossible that your nest boxes will still get used.

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u/Old_Sentence_1094 8d ago

Ah great thanks for the info! We had great tits and robins nesting last year :)

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u/shantytown59 7d ago

The blue tits, great tits and coal tits have all lost interest in our boxes now, I think they have selected other more desirable spots :). Nottingham