Parents return to feed
It's been a few days since my last blog and thanks to Chelsea and the hot warm weather, I've not felt like doing much. Yes I'm an Everton fan!
I really feel for the chicks I've been watching on Springwatch and don't blame them for fledging early just to get out of their stuffy nests.
A little surprise visitor came to one of the mealworm feeders overs the weekend - one of the parent blue tits. I recognised it from it's scruffy appearance and the way it fed from the feeder and where it flew to devour the mealworm(s).
I think it was still feeding the chicks as it went off to the trees on occasions with mealworms in its mouth.
Other activity in my garden has been the first (seen) visit of a jay, a wonderfuly coloured bird with a bit a magpie-esque streak to it.
The swallows have been mating on the telephone wires and I expect eggs have now been laid and youngsters will be soon begging constantly for food.
The tree sparrows appear to have settled their differences and paired up for the breeding season.
I've seen glimpses of the dunnocks with their chicks hoovering up bugs and flies on the garden edges while the female blackbirds must be on eggs, due their conspicuous absence.
The garden and its inhabitants have sprung in to life and I'm looking forward to watching the different species bring up their young over the next few months.
I'm still working on the video footage but here's some memories of the blue tits for now.
