Day 18: Almost Done!

We're very close to fledging day now, but unfortunately the littlest one died overnight. It's a shame when they get this far, maybe just one or two days before leaving, for that to happen, but he just wasn't big enough to get to the front of the queue for food often enough.

Last night was also their first night without their mum.

So, our final four. One of them is eighteen days old today (presuming he was one to survive!), and day nineteen is a popular one to fledge! The rest of them are a day younger. Will they all hang on until day twenty?

Our four babies with mum, Meg.


Must get those wing feathers in proper order - they're going to need them soon! Give them a clean...

and a good stretch.



More stretching...


Four fluffy youngsters.

Caught directly under the lights - they're quite blue! Lucky that, what with them being blue tits!

All huddled together. They might not be doing this for much longer...



Imagine what it looks like when blue tits successfully raise a brood or 10 or 12! Yikes!

The final four! The first time the box was used, in 2007, four great chicks also fledged. Maybe we're a box of four!