Fingers Crossed.

Normally we see Long-tailed Tits ( Aegithalos caudatus ) either in family groups after the breeding season or as part of the winter flocks of Tits moving through the garden.  Recently a couple, presumably a pair, have been regularly hanging round the garden.

I am hoping, against hope, that they will stay and breed with a nest that I can see.  To me, there is no wonder in the nesting world to match a Long-tailed Tit nest.  A small domed structure built from moss, lichen,feathers and cobwebs, yes cobwebs.