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[Tessa the Duchess]

Oh I would love to have a set up like this, a great thread am getting quite excited about them hatching, I hope it all goes smoothly.

 

Tessa

[Old Speckled Hen]

I love watching the male come in to feed his mate .. so sweet.

 

She's sitting on TEN eggs now and I reckon they should be hatching about the 14th.

[Paola]

10 eggs That seems a lot

[Old Speckled Hen]

No more activity in the Blue Tit box as there is another week possibly to go before the eggs hatch.

We have FOUR hatchlings in the Sparrows nest.

 

 

You can see three gaping here.

[Kirstine]

DA - that's wonderful!

 

Kirstine

[susanbb]

Fantastic

[Old Speckled Hen]

Babies

At least five, difficult to see.

I watched one hatch and the female ate the egg shell.

Pictures when I can.

 

Sparrow babies have tripled in size in less than a week.

I'm putting out mealworms in the morning so they get a good breakfast.

Just ordering some more from wiggleys.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Brilliant

[Plum]

This is fascinating thanks for sharing with us.

[Old Speckled Hen]

Quick update.

Difficult to get pictures as the tits have grown so much and seem to have disappeared into the nest.

There are definitely six hungry gapes. Weather has been so bad I've been putting out mealworms.

Here mum has just dropped in a bee brought by dad. It was promptly regurgitated and she took it out eventually.

 

 

Sparrows are almost ready to go. Parents are hanging on the entry hole waving mealworms at the youngsters and calling them out.

We're all on magpie watch here as the little expletive deleted know what's going on and are hanging round the nest. I've seen them snatch fledgelings in the past.

[Chickvic]

Glad everything is going ok - hope the sparrows manage to escape the magpies

[Old Speckled Hen]

Just a quick update.

So many nestlings made photos impossible.

We thought at least six then eight and maybe even nine.

I will have to get a nest box camera with a much wider angle lens next year

I've been away but hubby watched 10 ..... YES10 chicks fledge in an hour last Tuesday. He kept them amply supplied with mealworms and mum and dad fed them all in the branches of our silver birch for five days before they disappeared. I'm quite sorry to have missed them but spent a few days with my own fledgling in London. Empty nest looks so desolate

Mrs Sparrow is sitting on her second batch of four.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

How fantastic . Well done .

[Chickvic]

Fab news 10

[littleleicesterfox]

That's great!

 

We've got a blackbird nest in our Wisteria - I think the chicks have hatched but I'm not sure as I can only see from underneath and I don't want to disturb the nest...

[Old Speckled Hen]

Phew!! This is all too much for me.

Last lot of sparrows fledged last week, two babies on Thursday and three on Friday.

I spotted Mum and Dad in flagrante in the nestbox this morning.

It's costing me a fortune in mealworms

Now hubby is looking at plans to build two swift boxes for next year. You can buy a CD of swift calls to attract them to your boxes .... all very technical.

We don't get swifts this far out of town as there are too few buildings but we do see them hunting here. I do miss them. When I lived in London they were a great herald of summer.

[Happy-Mama]

Just caught up on this what a fantastic thread and great photo's I would love to give that a try, maybe next year