This morning, at 5.12am, I looked in on our nesting Blue Tit in our Camera Nestbox. She was sleeping in the cup of the nest and breathing quite fast. Was I too late to see an egg being laid again? Was she finished laying? A few minutes later I spotted the male outside taking a… Read More Incubation begins with 7 eggs
Today our Blue Tit female in our Camera Nestbox had laid egg number seven by the time I looked in on her at 5.08am. I cannot deny I was not a little disappointed – this was the earliest I had been up to see her! She was early today herself – ah well. She was… Read More Seven eggs for seven days
I must be honest and say I didn’t actually see six eggs this morning! If I didn’t get up 15 minutes earlier this morning I would have had no idea at all if another egg had been laid. Number six was laid at 5.20am this morning and I saw our female Blue Tit lay it.… Read More Sunday sees six
Today as I made an early check in our Camera Nestbox and I saw our female trying to sleep. She did this a few times between spells of re-adjusting the nesting material around her as she sat in the cup of the nest. I have never noticed her do this on other mornings – she… Read More Sleepy
I love May as my garden really comes to life again. The fresh new leaves are on my small Acer trees with pale yellow primroses growing in clumps below. My small rhododendrons are in flower and my allium buds are about to burst with their many stars of flowers. Daily checks are made my wisteria… Read More Flowers of the week
Yesterday I wasn’t exactly window shopping. I called into a garden centre on my way home and spotted something very interesting to add to my garden – a Solar Insect Theatre. It is a box not unlike the size of a Nestbox with a window to see the insects inside. The small solar panel on… Read More Window shopping
I did get up early this morning but by 5.38am when I looked in the nest I did wonder if I was too late. She was sitting quietly in the centre of the nest cup. Ten minutes later after tugging and pecking at the nesting material, and herself, she moved out a little and revealed… Read More Friday makes four
This morning I was unable to get up early to watch our Blue Tit female to see if she would lay again. She managed okay without my support and was kind enough to leave them uncovered for me to see – as the picture below shows. Now, she is definitely trying to cover up her… Read More Now we have three!
Our Camera Nestbox now has two eggs – the first one is hidden in the cup. Our Nestbox female clearly looked like she was waiting to show him egg number two at 5.40am this morning. He had been at the feeders but never came to feed her. She eventually left without covering the egg –… Read More Where are you?
We have our first egg in our Camera Nestbox! What a surprise this morning. I only had a brief glimpse of it, in the centre of the picture below, before our female Blue Tit tried to hide it. Unusually she was sitting in the nest cup when I switched the PC on just before 7.30am… Read More First for May 1st