Nest box news

Right on schedule the eggs have hatched.  First thing yesterday morning there were six chicks and three eggs and yesterday evening only one egg remained.  By this morning all nine eggs have hatched and the parents are in full feeding mode.  They deliberately select very small caterpillars at this stage and have timed it just right with the weather.

Here are a couple of short video clips from yesterday morning and this morning.

Lots of other nests in the garden are at a similar stage.  I can hear chicks calling from nests containing tree sparrows, great tits and starlings and see blue tits taking food into other boxes.  Within a couple of weeks the garden will be full of fledgelings.  These birds are due to fly on 1st or 2nd June.  Regular updates on their progress will be on the "Nestbox camera 2019" page accessed via the tab at the top of this page.