Nest Boxes in Use

We saw a lot of nesting activity around the garden over the weekend. A pair of blue tits are busy building a nest in one of the nestboxes I put up last year, and a great tit was seen taking dried grass or something similar into another of the nest boxes. We haven't seen any activity around that second nestbox since though. A pair of blackbirds have built a nest in the hedge near the house too, and I suspect another pair are building one in a bush near the pond (but I have not confirmed that yet as I did not want to disturb them).

In fact the only place there appears to be no activity is in the nestbox I fitted with a camera! Maybe it is facing the wrong way, or maybe it is still too new? I'll wait a bit longer and if nobody has moved in, I might try moving it round to the other side of the tree. It gets the early morning sun where it is now, but also gets the sun for most of the day. The walnut tree will shade it from the midday and afternoon sun once the leaves come out, but I don't know if the birds realise that.

The frogspawn has fully hatched now, so the pond is full of tadpoles. This is the first year I have definitely seen the spawn hatch properly, so maybe my shallow area was exactly what they needed? I also saw a few butterflies and bees around the garden. A Brimstone, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, and a Peacock butterfly were all spotted.