Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 26, 2021 8:50:43 GMT
Little picture update of all the nests in the garden...
Firstly, peacock decided on 10 eggs, She's been incubating since the other day when I posted the video of the 10 eggs.
Robin - all 5 chicks are doing amazing, Growing fast!
Their diet is literally 90% mealworms at the moment, Both male and female robin have been using the feeder none stop!
Some pictures of them
Female robin shocked me a little by being on the nest when I went to get a picture of the chicks, Her behaviour was strange though, She didn't care of me being their and even pulled backwards like to show me her chicks and was tweeting at me not an alarm call it was so strange never seen nothing like it I wish I filmed it but I just got a picture and left and went back when she was 100% off the nest!
Woodpigeon - incubating 2 eggs at the moment, they was off the nest when I was getting some pictures of the robin nests so that was a bonus!
This is another bird that doesn't care how close I get it will not move off that nest at all which is good because I can get some nice pictures when the chicks arrive!
Blackbird - currently got 4 eggs, I think incubating started for her!
My blackbird nests always get raid by magpies each year so haven't got great hopes for this sadly but we will see its in the same ivy has the Robins and they are doing fine.
We also have a goldfinch nest by the "big pond" but its so high up in the tree I don't fancy breaking my neck getting pictures
they nested in the same place last year but it got raided by magpies so hopefully its a success this year for them 
thats my full update anyway, Very busy set of ivy by the little pond this year all 3 nests are so close together!
Firstly, peacock decided on 10 eggs, She's been incubating since the other day when I posted the video of the 10 eggs.
Robin - all 5 chicks are doing amazing, Growing fast!
Their diet is literally 90% mealworms at the moment, Both male and female robin have been using the feeder none stop!
Some pictures of them
Female robin shocked me a little by being on the nest when I went to get a picture of the chicks, Her behaviour was strange though, She didn't care of me being their and even pulled backwards like to show me her chicks and was tweeting at me not an alarm call it was so strange never seen nothing like it I wish I filmed it but I just got a picture and left and went back when she was 100% off the nest!
Woodpigeon - incubating 2 eggs at the moment, they was off the nest when I was getting some pictures of the robin nests so that was a bonus!
This is another bird that doesn't care how close I get it will not move off that nest at all which is good because I can get some nice pictures when the chicks arrive!
Blackbird - currently got 4 eggs, I think incubating started for her!
My blackbird nests always get raid by magpies each year so haven't got great hopes for this sadly but we will see its in the same ivy has the Robins and they are doing fine.
We also have a goldfinch nest by the "big pond" but its so high up in the tree I don't fancy breaking my neck getting pictures
they nested in the same place last year but it got raided by magpies so hopefully its a success this year for them 
thats my full update anyway, Very busy set of ivy by the little pond this year all 3 nests are so close together!