And other stories from the garden
Posted in NestCam on May 19th, 2009
The blue tit chicks all fledged at around 7.00am this morning, 20 days after hatching. That’s a day longer in the nest than last year, but still four days earlier as the eggs hatched 5 days earlier than in 2008.
A good few of them seemed rather reticent to go, but they all got the hang [...]
Posted in NestCam on May 19th, 2009
Before we move on to the main news of the day here, for the delight and delectation of our nephews, is some poo…
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20090516.flv
(recorded on 16 May 2009)
Posted in NestCam on May 12th, 2009
The chicks are looking like real mini blue tits now, rather than little ETs. Feathers are well developed and wings are being stretched and fluttered. They’ve still got huge gobs though.
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20090512.flv
Posted in NestCam on May 10th, 2009
The chicks are changing fast now. It’s hard to believe that only 11 days ago they looked like embryos! But, like last year, there’s another greedy so’n’so who thinks he can swallow a grub the size of his head without consequences.
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20090510-1.flv
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20090510-2.flv
Posted in Garden on May 10th, 2009
Time for an update on the rest of the garden…
The mini-meadow is still not a blaze of beautiful wild flowers, but it’s a lot better than it was last year. There’s clearly a lot of different species of something in there—it’s just that it’s mostly leaves at the moment, so I’ve no idea what they [...]