Bird-Cam

Update

Chicks are all doing very well.

On this first clip you can see all 7 beaks screaming out for food!

This second clip shows how well the birds are developing.

Feed Me Seymour!

Well all 7 eggs hatched and this video from earlier this evening shows them feeding from their mother.

Fingers crossed that they all fledge this year.

7 Eggs and Feeding!

Mr Blue Tit brings Mrs Blue Tit her early morning breakfast. Unfortunately it’s slightly too large to manage in the nest so she pops outside to eat it.

Looks like 7 eggs is our total for 2009 as it’s remained at 7 for a about a week now

Live webcam picture restored

The bird-cam server got a new IP address which has caused the firewall to fail on it’s routing of the live images. All is back up again now.

Couple of videos from today.

Firstly: Here’s a video showing a lovely round nest and 6 eggs setup like snooker balls!

Secondly: Mr Blue Tit brings Mrs Blue Tit her dinner!

4 Eggs and Counting!

As of this morning we have 4 eggs that we can see. There may be other eggs in the nest but Mrs Tit does a good job of covering them over!

Nest construction is now complete!

All fluffed up!

Live web stream

We now have a live bird-cam stream available via the “Live Bird-Cam Images” page on the right hand side

Nest Building Is Progressing!

After the slow start that we saw last year things seem to have picked up in the nest building stakes! The blue tits seem to work as a team with one passing the nesting material to the other. The wing flapping action compresses the nesting down so that once the nest is complete it will be nice and tightly packed thus providing insulation and a soft cushion.

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