Bluetit Diary    Apr 2008 (15)

 

 

Monday 28th April, 2008

Sally has come up trumps and laid another egg!  This brings her clutch to 11.  She must stop soon as she has started incubating and females only lay one or two more once this has happened.

No more eggs for Gelda today.  Her incubation is now well established.

Abby and Angus appear to have given up on Box3 - a very sad outcome after all that nest building effort.  We haven't seen them for several days.

However, a great tit still seems interested in the box.  You will remember that he has been in and out of the box several times in the past few days, and here he is again having a poke around!

The mysterious great tit inside Box3!

He stayed inside the box for some time ...

... looking around ...

... before finally leaving.  He was inside the box for about a minute.

Keep your fingers crossed.  We'd rather have a second great tit brood than an empty box!