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Hi we have had a successful nest for the past 4 years, with a few fatalities which I understand is normal , but yesterday we could see from the webcam that from a batch of 11 eggs and 10 days old and going extremely well , they started to reduced in numbers to 9 then dramatically during the day went down to 5 then 4 they died babies being removed from the nest and this morning when mum woke up she tried to feed them with a juicy grub no movement they had all died.
its so sad
it was extremely hot yesterday 22/23c would this be the culprit? Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks for your reply. We did wonder whether it was caused by poisoning. We're really anti insecticides for that reason and like you, I always thought we were discouraged from hanging bird feeders up during the breeding season.. Just so sad that mum completely ignored the one remaining chick when it was clearly desperate for food and might have survived. We're always so excited when these little birds start their nest building every year! I hope things will be better next year.
Very hard to know really. Parents can just abandon. I do wonder if there is a real reason why the adult didn't fancy going in the box. Whether it or the box had been attacked. I guess we'll never know. Hopefully it'll be back to normal in that box next year.
The last of our baby blue tits died last night, after Mum having laid seven eggs. Just so sad after all the work the parents had put in. The programme Springwatch highlighted this issue, as it is happening country wide this year.
Sorry to hear of yet another blu tit nest failure Heather and the mention of the Springwatch announcement ... haven't see it yet, did they give any reasons why?
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