And other stories from the garden
Posted in NestCam on May 5th, 2010
Turning the telly on this morning we saw a single chick in the nest. By the time I got home from work there were five. Or at least I think there were. They’re kind of difficult to count—but there were still three eggs of the eight left unhatched.
It’s later than we’ve had before, by a [...]
The blue tits have had a busy day nest building today. Here’s a few minutes out of their day:
https://secure.raggedstaff.net/nestwatch/20100405.flv
And this is what they finished up with:
I did mean to post something on Saturday, but I kind of got distracted. I feel I should record the events of Saturday though, if only so that in future years we can look back and see when it all happened.
So, as reported on Twitter, on Saturday 27th March we saw the first signs of [...]
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