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Thought I'd try a snapshot diary.
Our first nest box two years ago was on the wall and sparrows raised two broods the first year and three last year.
This year they are busy building again but have made such a mess in there I will have to get in later today to trim the straw away from the camera before the clutch is laid.
Our new Tit box in the plum tree was coming along nicely.
Last year a nest box in the Silver Birch launched 13 baby Blue Tits into the world. The box has two opaque windows which were taped up last season. To improve the picture colour I removed the tape but it remained empty so I taped it up again. The female building in the Plum tree abandoned her efforts and moved into the bigger nest box in the Birch!
She is bringing in lots of fluff and feathers and should lay that first egg soon.
Here she is having a quick wiggle.
I have also found a hedge sparrows nest in a conifer under the window, four little gapes already.
I was going to overhaul that area of the garden but that is all on hold now.
How are every one's nest boxes doing?
Swallows are here so I'm hopeful of a return as there are two old nests under the eaves.
Not strictly a nest box.
Another Dunnock has started a nest in a small ground conifer three feet away from my back door
OH mowed my lawn and pressure hosed the patio and still she flew in and out of that bush with beaks full of nesting material.
Here are two bad photos. I'm afraid the red sofa in the conservatory is reflecting badly in the picture.
wonderful pics dangerous,
please please pleezzzzs keep us up to date with them!!!
Lyndsey
I didn't get to be stupid by being blonde, I was stupid enough to pay to be blonde!!!
Quick snapshot with my phone
Awful picture but look at the colour of those two perfect eggs
Such a beautiful colour of blue. It's all getting very exciting!
Cheers, Linda.
See my photos on Flickr
Super pictures once more, dangerous
The eggs are a vivid shade of blue
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Well done dangerous, lovely colour on those eggs
BUT you can reallly go off people you know!!!!! me? None of my nestboxes are being used grrrrr!!!
keep the pics coming
The Sparrows have one chick!
Wow, it looks like a little pink slug. Mum is sitting tight but dad has already been in with a mini mealworm.
3 eggs to go.
Mr Blue Tit is collecting mealworms from the feeder.
He takes one mini ,bites off the head and tucks the decapitated worm under his foot. He then repeats this till he has four or five then flies off to his mate. He calls her from outside the nest.
She begs on a branch and he feeds her. Sooooooo sweet. He never goes in the nest box.
They are due to hatch on Tuesday.
The Dunnock has laid her fourth egg. Looking this up the clutch is usually 4/5 so guess she will be sitting tight tomorrow.
Congratulations on your first chick! They do look awful when they first hatch!
How weird is nature, when you can watch a bluetit do that. Wonderful, and they are so resourceful. Could you catch it on video?
You are going to have a very full nursery in a couple of weeks. Keep the mealworms topped up - it will cost you a fortune!! Please keep us up to date.
Fantastic photos, the dunnocks eggs are a beautiful colur. I hope all goes well for the bluetits and your other nesting pairs. Thanks for keeping us updated on their progress,it is exciting.
Kind regards Jane.
Thanks everybody. I have a regular mealworm order and putting out minis for the moment. I have robins, sparrows, blue tits, great tits and one coal tit visiting the mealworms which I put in a squirrel cage to keep the BIG birds out. I put them out only in the morning so that the birds get a good breakfast to start them off. They are all waiting when I go out. We have four sparrow gapes now and it is amazing how quickly they grow, doubling their size in three days. Blue tits expected to hatch tomorrow or so............. Hey, I'm typing this in front of the tele with the blue tit nest and THREE have hatched. Oh, I'll be glued to that now ............. more later