Post by starling78 on Apr 27, 2021 20:52:04 GMT
No further action in the bluetit nest today though they had a fleeting look throughout the day, I believe this is a second pair in the area and the resident pair that are nesting elsewhere are trying their best to chase them out the area as saw four of them flitting about today! so this may not be 
A crow came yesterday and took the little dead chick off our roof so definitely food for others as you say Taz, I also saw a magpie today eyeing up the starling box we are watching, the youngsters are making a racket now! I am sure there is no access for the magpie though thankfully
Yes Sammi I shall send the starlings to you when they fledge, I'm sure they will love your sons garden
Oh another thing I have an allotment plot 5 minutes walk from my house and I placed a box in the apple tree there a couple of months ago, there is now a family of great tits in residence! I didn't know what stage they were at as no camera but today I was there and saw an adult go in and heard the chicks cheeping, they still sound rather young so probably a few days old or so but rather happy about that
next time I am there will see if I can get a pic of the adult at the box discreetly, they were rather good at ignoring me digging a few feet below the box and just came and went without much care.
A crow came yesterday and took the little dead chick off our roof so definitely food for others as you say Taz, I also saw a magpie today eyeing up the starling box we are watching, the youngsters are making a racket now! I am sure there is no access for the magpie though thankfully
Yes Sammi I shall send the starlings to you when they fledge, I'm sure they will love your sons garden
Oh another thing I have an allotment plot 5 minutes walk from my house and I placed a box in the apple tree there a couple of months ago, there is now a family of great tits in residence! I didn't know what stage they were at as no camera but today I was there and saw an adult go in and heard the chicks cheeping, they still sound rather young so probably a few days old or so but rather happy about that
next time I am there will see if I can get a pic of the adult at the box discreetly, they were rather good at ignoring me digging a few feet below the box and just came and went without much care.