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Borders' Birds
http://www.bordersbirds.co.uk/
A diary of the birds visiting a rural garden in the Scottish Borders.
- Added on: Jan 23rd, 2006
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Listed in: Personal Home and Garden
- Tags: nuthatch great tit bto housesparrow nestcam chaffinch
Recent Posts
Day 21: All Gone!
So, the last two chicks spent their final night all alone in the nest box while the other two spent their first night in the wild!No. 3 & No. 4Meg arrives to tell them they really do have to leave this time...Preparation starts. A couple of wing ...
Day 20: D Day - Part 1
8am and they're all still at home.Meg comes in to feed her brood and it's all a bit hectic. From 8am until 10am there were many visits to the entrance hole by the chicks but none of them plucked up the courage to make that leap...At 10:39am chick nu...
Day 19
The laptop didn't go on until 9am this morning - a bit later than normal. What would I find?All four still in residence!Meg and Ted have been in the box almost constantly this morning (looking at the recorded footage from while I was still in bed!)....
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 queu...
Day 17
A quick selection of pictures from day seventeen.All five youngsters...Fluffy!Stacked blue titsFive again - with the little one squashed at the back as usual. Hope he makes it - he's having a real battle in getting to the food.And a cute bundle....
Day 16
Meg had a lie in this morning - until 5:21am!The nest box lights were turned on just before 8am and I wasn't sure if I'd find 5 chicks alive, or just 4.I could see four of them straight away...Two of them had a little kiss...and just three minutes la...
