Four Hatched, Four to Go

Switched on the nest box monitor to find four of the Great Tit eggs had hatched. Both parents now working hard to feed their offspring. PaPa was having a good long look.




Notice how the adults are very careful to use the edge of the nest so as not to stand on their babies.

Another One

Mrs Great Tit spent some time yesterday sitting on her eggs so I thought she had finished laying but this morning there are now eight. The pair are going to be kept very busy if they all hatch out.

Now We Are Seven

Snapshot this afternoon when Mrs Great Tit left the nest for a while: