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Post by benn on May 27, 2022 15:05:47 GMT
First Blue Tit hatched this afternoon at 2:30pm. Mum wants to replenish some much needed Calcium but a nuisance feather seems to be annoying her!  |
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Post by suep on May 27, 2022 17:35:14 GMT
Aw bless, that feather really is annoying . Lovely that chicks are hatching.
Sue
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Post by sammi on May 28, 2022 16:26:13 GMT
Keep us updated Benn please as so many of will have empty nest syndrome soon  |
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Post by Taz on May 28, 2022 17:38:53 GMT
Lovely, we will still get our fix of Chicks again now 🐣🐥
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Post by WildlifePaul on May 28, 2022 19:59:45 GMT
All going on at yours Ben! Atleast the sparrow box is getting put to good use by the GTs  |
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Post by benn on May 29, 2022 12:00:01 GMT
Latest update.... 21 days since hatching and we have 6 Great Tits seemingly reluctant to fledge  One did leave early on Friday morning but the others are still sitting tight! The Blue tits have hatched but I have no idea how many. We are awaiting a delivery of mini mealworms for them. |
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Post by sammi on May 29, 2022 14:35:37 GMT
I hope they have some good weather when they do. Ours are out in the rain now  Those great tit babes look so polished and sleek |
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Post by suep on May 29, 2022 14:47:59 GMT
Lovely videos Benn. Guess you are making the great tits too comfortable . All looking really good. Sue |
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Post by kevin on May 30, 2022 8:53:49 GMT
Lovely videos Benn. Great to see the blue fits are all well. |
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Post by suep on May 30, 2022 9:12:50 GMT
So eager to go this morning, lovely to watch Benn.
Sue
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Post by matt on May 30, 2022 9:42:24 GMT
Great stuff Benn!
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Post by sammi on May 30, 2022 11:55:18 GMT
 Wow they didn't hang about when they got the all clear did they. I wonder what triggers that moment? Is it just hunger do you think as the adults tease them with the outside catering only option? A great tit nest still remains on my bucket list  P.s. we are Man City fans. Do I remember you are too?
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Post by Ann70 on May 30, 2022 13:22:21 GMT
Congratulations Benn
They look so healthy and like you say eager to get outside
I’m like Sammi and wish for a great tit nest also
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Post by Taz on May 30, 2022 18:47:48 GMT
Wow, congratulations, that's some fledging 🍾🍾🐦🐦🐦
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Post by benn on May 30, 2022 21:57:48 GMT
Wow they didn't hang about when they got the all clear did they. I wonder what triggers that moment? Is it just hunger do you think as the adults tease them with the outside catering only option? A great tit nest still remains on my bucket list P.s. we are Man City fans. Do I remember you are too? Aw yes Sammi over the years we have had a number of Great Tits nests and they are different! What triggers them is a mystery to me, They were ready on Friday but only one left! But then the rest stayed over a weekend of cool, wet but not too bad weather. Then today they leave in shiite weather!!!!! I was taken to Maine rd in from 1970 to 1973 as a 10 to 13 year old by my much older Brother in Law so saw all the greats back then so have a soft spot even though i eventually followed my home team Bolton home and away from 1974 until I became an armchair fan in 2007! So glad for the 3-2. Most I cheer for City these days,,,,, weird but after following Bolton all over for all those years by 2007 all my BWFC mates had either died or stopped going! Great that you travel up all that way! |
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Post by benn on Jun 1, 2022 9:02:03 GMT
Our Blue Tit Chicks are now 5 days old. The mini mealworms I ordered came yesterday so I placed the caged feeder nearby the box. They lost no time in finding them! I think there are at least 6 young that I can see.
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Post by sammi on Jun 1, 2022 11:59:09 GMT
Great news about the mealworms Benn. I hope those chicks thrive. Now I remember you telling me about Bolton. I will keep an eye on their progress I remember Maine Road too. |
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Post by benn on Jun 2, 2022 10:52:04 GMT
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Post by pete11 on Jun 2, 2022 19:47:23 GMT
Brilliant to see the GTs fledging!
And lovely news on the BT front too.
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Post by benn on Jun 6, 2022 16:33:02 GMT
11 day old BT chicks. I think I counted 6 chicks this afternoon. The mini Mealworms helped them through the cold snap and yesterdays awful all day downpour! A lot warmer today and the parents seem to be finding quite a bit of natural food. Off to Egypt tomorrow for a week of hot 38C Sun by the Red Sea so they might be gone by the time we return. I might be able to log in to the DVR to watch their progress from there. |
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Post by benn on Jun 20, 2022 13:15:41 GMT
We left for Egypt with 6 healthy chicks. We returned last Wednesday morning 15th June to find two dead chicks and three live ones. It was quite grisly to watch Mrs Blue Tit pull apart the bodies of the two dead ones in order to facilitate their removal from the box  . We had to go away again for a few days to attend a funeral in Newark and returned to an empty nest. The DVR shows they fledged around 09:30 on Friday during the very hot day. I have clipped the three below they all looked quite healthy. Perhaps there were not enough natural food the week we were away and we believe the weather wasn't great. I left it too late to get some more mealworms before we went. Well another season over. See you all next year  |
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Post by sammi on Jun 20, 2022 22:39:29 GMT
Thanks for sharing the fledging Benn. They look a healthy lot and hopefully will do well. I know what you mean about seeing older dead chicks being removed. Not an easy watch.
See you in 2023. Maybe next year the sparrows might decide to nest at ours. I looked over our fence and spied the sparrows nesting in the eaves of the school next door. Given the choice I think they would always choose a gap in a roof over a box
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Post by benn on Jun 21, 2022 8:00:42 GMT
Thanks for sharing the fledging Benn. They look a healthy lot and hopefully will do well. I know what you mean about seeing older dead chicks being removed. Not an easy watch. See you in 2023. Maybe next year the sparrows might decide to nest at ours. I looked over our fence and spied the sparrows nesting in the eaves of the school next door. Given the choice I think they would always choose a gap in a roof over a box Thanks Sammi. Good luck with the Sparrows Sammi. Ours never took to the Sparrow camera box we erected high up. The Great Tits used it this year though. Our Sparrows used the Swift boxes last year. This year I blocked the entrances until May but one still built after but abandoned the nest. Like you say they and Starlings seem to always prefer the roof gap! See you in 2023! |
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One did leave early on Friday morning but the others are still sitting tight!
Those great tit babes look so polished and sleek 
Wow they didn't hang about when they got the all clear did they. I wonder what triggers that moment? Is it just hunger do you think as the adults tease them with the outside catering only option? A great tit nest still remains on my bucket list 
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