Saturday

I had a some extra time to look through the early morning images from the nest camera today as I stayed in to watch the FA Cup final while the men of the place went shopping :o)

We are getting around 13,000 images an hour, by the way - that's a lot of footage to go through!

An early morning stretch from one of the chicks.

How can this be comfortable?!

Lola carries out some housekeeping. The odd poo does get missed and these searches of the bottom of the nest ensure things keep nice and clean.

Despite all the wriggling going on underneath her, Lola does manage to rest - but not for long!

The six chicks.

No feathers yet but they're well on the way.

Lola waiting for the faecal sac to appear following a feed.

Charlie & Lola and their brood.

A spider for lunch.

Another good shot of the wings.


Lola finally manages to rest for a while.


...But three minutes later.



5:30p.m. and they're still asking for food.

Six gapes begging for food from the squeaky garage door after I've been in to turn the lights off.

Finally, after a fifteen-hour day, Lola gets to settle down and relax until it starts all over again tomorrow morning.