Blue Tit Nest

[JonathanD]

I've been watching this one for a while. The hole is about five feet of the ground with newly hatched chicks in it.

And the adult having a rest between grub hunting...

 

[locum76]

I love the shot of the adult looking back at you.

 

[JonathanD]

I love the shot of the adult looking back at you.

It's the male that's the cheeky one. He has used my shoulder as a perch into the hole twice now. A quick bounce on and off and he's down the hole in a second. He even cusses if I get in the way. Funny little things.

 

[wickerman]

nice pics,we have a nest box by the back door put up last year no takers,this year the blue tits have built a nest in it.

 

[JonathanD]

Here's a couple more:

 

[_scorpio_]

good luck to them keep us updated!

 

[JonathanD]

good luck to them keep us updated!

I certainly will. I'll keep this thread updated with pics of the growing family. There are at least five in that nest. No idea how they will all fit if the all survive as it is barely big enough to hold one adult. Hopefully the woodpecker that made that second hole won't come back.

 

[_scorpio_]

or if the woodpecker is feeling generous it could make them an extension for when they grow up ....

 

[JonathanD]

or if the woodpecker is feeling generous it could make them an extension for when they grow up ....

With the woodpecker, I don't think growing up is an option :evilangel:

 

[nuggets]

i watched a family of blackbirds ,last year raise there brood to fledglings only for a magpie to take them all ,sad to see but thats life as they say !!!

 

[JonathanD]

Here's the latest update. All of them doing well, no more woodpecker attacks. They are growing quickly.

 

[Hugo]

Got some of them in one of my many bird boxes at the moment.
Nice pictures of yours.

 

[JonathanD]

I found another nest under construction today. Right in the roots of a Sycamore about a metre from the main entrance of a huge badger sett.

 

[Pcwizme]

found a nest the other day as i was out for a cycle, built in the post of a gate for one of our local parks, using the hole for the slide bolt as an entry,

I should mention this is a fairly substantial steel post at that.... and with 100's of people passing daily!

 

[leaf man]

Lovely post jon! Nice pics too

 

[JonathanD]

Last update. The woodpecker have returned and enlarged the hole, but there is no evidence to suggest they took all, or indeed any of the birds, It's been a week since I visited and they would have fledged.