20th May 18:25

Time to go!  One chick has already fledged and the second one leaves the nest box.  The two fledged chicks hopped and flew short distances around the garden and looked very vulnerable whilst the parent Blue Tits continued to feed them and fussed around neglecting the remaining chick in the next box, which sadly did not fledge, so we had two fledglings from six eggs.  13 days in incubation and 19  growing up.  31 days of parental care!

19th May 19:45

Three chicks still being fed.

19th May 07:45

The dominant chick looks as if it is ready to fly and leave the nest.

19th May 07:40

One hick shows its dominance and looks as if it is wanting to explore the outside world.  With both parents and three chicks in the nest box things get a little crowded.

18th May 20:45

The Chicks competing with each other for dominance and there appears to be one that is the most dominant.

16th May 10:15

The Blue Tit Chicks think that a Fly in the nest box is a parent bringing more food.  There are still three chicks, but two are now showing their dominance.

16th May 06:00

Three Blue Tit Chicks waiting for more food, which the parent Blue Tit provides.

15th May 19:15

Three Blue Tit Chicks waiting for more food, which the parent Blue Tit provides before doing some housekeeping.

13th May 18:35

The rapidly growing chicks now have lots of feathers and look much more like little birds.

10th May 12:55

Both Blue Tit parents feeding and house keeping.  The chick s are growing fast and now have feathers.

8th May 20:10

Both Blue Tit parents feeding the new chicks, even late into the evening.  The mother bird is attempting to settle them down for the night.

4th May 15:10

Both Blue Tit parents feeding the new chicks.

3rd May 18:30

A Blue Tit arriving at and leaving the Nest box.

3rd May 09:38

Both Blue Tit parents feeding the new chicks.

2nd May 10:03

All eggs have now hatched and feeding the new chicks starts in earnest.

1st May 08:38

Five eggs have now hatched.

30th April 19:20

The first egg hatches at around 7pm on Thursday 30th April.

18th April 15:20

Tending the six eggs in the nest.

18th April 12:42

Tending the six eggs in the nest.

18th April 12:25

Six eggs in the nest!

10th April 16:51

Nest building.  A beak full of nesting materials gives the Blur Tit the appearance of having a moustache.

10th April 13:12

Nest building - the nest is taking on a cup shape.

28th March 12:05

Nest building.

28th March 12:03

Nest building.

28th March 11:24

Nest building.

28th March 11:23

Nest building, with two birds in the nest for a very short time.

28th March 11:00

Nest building.

28th March 10:59

Nest building.

15th March 17:44

The bird settling down for the night.

15th March 17:40

The Blue Tit enters the box to spend the first night where it is not on the bare wood base, but on a comfortable nest..

15th March 17:38

First sign of nest building yesterday (Saturday) with a few strands visible, but nest building began in earnest today.

17th January 11:40

We noticed a Blue Tit taking an active interest in the next box and switching on the camera revealed that this was another Blue Tit as our Blue Tit was inside the box and this probably explains the activity shown 10 minutes earlier.

17th January 11:30

The Blur Tit is observed taking an active interest in the entrance hole.

11th January 15:30

The Blue Tit has not yet settled for the cold night ahead and shows some activity before settling down once again.

11th January 15:10

A roosting Blue Tit occupies the new nesting box made from a hollow tree trunk. This Blue Tit was first observed roosting in this nest box on 22nd November 2008 and has been in residence since then. Here the bird is settling in for the night.