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May 23rd, 2008 by Chris

All seven chicks have fledged!

It happened quite suddenly this morning. One or two more adventurous chicks spent the early part of the morning fluttering up to the hole and looking out. After only seeing the inside walls of nesting box for their entire lives this must have been quite a revelation for them.

Then one made the mistake of looking out of the entrance whilst one of the parents was in the nest. The parent basically pushed him out! But once one had flown the nest they all followed. Within a few minutes the nest was empty.

https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20080523.flv

Here’s a slightly shaky view from outside of the last chick getting ready to leave.

https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/leaving_home.flv

Tags: blue tit, chick, fledge, fly, nest, nest box, NestCam

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