Author: Lexi Stevens

This Wednesday (26th May), at around 6 in the morning, our blue tit chicks, that have been nesting in our birdbox, finally fledged into the wide open world. Our Fledgecam caught them coming out and, contrary to our predictions, they[…]

Woah! The last time we saw our chicks, they were pretty thin and skinny with only their heads poking out of the nest. Now they have feathery bodies and are climbing around, so we can get a good look at[…]

We’ve set up a new camera outside of the birdbox. You can view it here, at the same place as the camera you’ve been used to seeing so far. We hope to use this camera to see the baby blue[…]

Our little blue tits are being well fed by their parents, as you can see from the forest of beaks in the video. No doubt they’ll be growing up and flying out into the wide world within a few months[…]

Amazing news! Mavis’ chicks have hatched from their eggs, and she is working with Martin to feed and take care of them. We estimate there are about 4 chicks in the birdbox and we hope they fledge successfully soon.

Mavis has been spending more time inside the birdbox under the eggs. We can deduce that she’s now in “incubation mode”, keeping the eggs warm for when they hopefully hatch later on this year. We’ve also seen her partner Martin[…]

This morning, we noticed that our blue tit couple (which we have named Mavis and Martin) have laid their first egg overnight! This is definitely a great sign of things to come.

As you can see, the blue tit has been hard at work building the nest. It’s grown so much since last time! We’re definitely on track to seeing some eggs being laid sometime soon…

Some interesting behaviour was spotted today. It appears the blue tit is pecking the round screw inlet of its birdbox. We’re sure it’s structurally sound, however.

Our resident blue tit got a little up close and personal with the camera setup in its nest. We’re not sure if it took kindly to being under 24 hour surveillance by humans but the lens seems fine.