Day 12

Unfortunately the two smallest nestlings died today. One of them was still alive at midday but had made absolutely no attempt to ask for food all morning. He barely moved from 8:30am onwards - only just enough for me to see that he was still alive. I haven't seen either of them since just after twelve o'clock this afternoon. As far as I know they are still at the bottom of the nest cup and have not been removed by the parents. At the moment I see no need to go in to remove the bodies, and will only do so as a last resort.

We're over halfway now, with about a week to go before they fledge.



They really are starting to look like mini blue tits now