Post by pete11 on May 10, 2022 19:58:16 GMT
Thanks everyone.
I'm pretty philosophical about it as it's just nature after all, but I do suspect that the local caterpillar supply is just not bountiful enough. It's strange because there are loads of trees around, and in the park not far from here there are loads of caterpillars dangling on threads.
Maybe it's something to do with the weather.
I've no idea how big the chicks ought to be after 9 days, but to me they just dont seem to be growing as fast as the robin chicks did earlier in the year
Those robins really had their feeding sorted by comparison.
These BTs seem to have invested a humongous amount of time getting to this stage from initial nest box inspections - it does seem a big shame and shows just how vulnerable they are as a species.
I'm pretty philosophical about it as it's just nature after all, but I do suspect that the local caterpillar supply is just not bountiful enough. It's strange because there are loads of trees around, and in the park not far from here there are loads of caterpillars dangling on threads.
Maybe it's something to do with the weather.
I've no idea how big the chicks ought to be after 9 days, but to me they just dont seem to be growing as fast as the robin chicks did earlier in the year
Those robins really had their feeding sorted by comparison.
These BTs seem to have invested a humongous amount of time getting to this stage from initial nest box inspections - it does seem a big shame and shows just how vulnerable they are as a species.