The Blue tits in the colour birdcam box near the kitchen appear to have given up building their nest and the camera went offline on May 1st. However, today I spotted Blue tits making frequent visits to our other birdcam box outside the Infant classroom. I swapped the live feed over to the other box to find that we have chicks!
Click here for the live feed (a new snapshot is taken approximately every 10s).
I think I’ve counted 7 beaks, how many can you spot? How old do you think they are? (Have a look at pictures of previous broods to help you make your guess). How many times do they get fed over a 15 minute period?
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- Brooding – 14th May
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- Feeding – 14th May
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- Ready for flight – May 2nd
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- Both parents – 15th May
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- Growing fast – May 21st
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- Nearly time to leave – 25th May
We saw the blue tit feeding the babies
We have seen the mum feeding her babies, she is very busy in and out of the bird box
Looks like an adult has settled in with the chicks for the night.
Haven’t looked for a few days, they have really grown. Only 6 now?
I think we started with 8 but I can also only count 6 today. They are probably feeling the heat today!
Unfortunately we’re down to 5 chicks now and flies have started to arrive. Hope the others fledge soon! Although it’s a bit windy for them on the outside.
The 5 five chicks seem to be happy huddled together in the well of the nest.
Don’t know wether they are less hungry or not so hot but yesterday and today they are much calmer and relaxed.