The blue tits that were nesting in the wall of an outbuilding behind our house have fledged, unfortunately without me witnessing it.
I thought they would be fledging last weekend, as the noise they made when a parent arrived with food penetrated through the windows when they were firmly shut.
It's good to know they managed to fledge considering the results the great tits had in my nestbox.
The return of Springwatch has lightened up May and it was interesting to note that other species of birds have been effected by the wet and cold April.
It was sad to watch the kingfisher chicks perish and realise that there must be thousands of chicks across the country to have faced the same fate.
The warm weather has relinquished its reign to the more cooler and wetter weather as we enter June. I'm hoping most of the young currently being brought up are able to cope with the next batch of cold and wet weather this weekend.
June is a month which generally goes quiet as chicks fledge and disappear to learn their local territory, while the parents moult their feathers away from prying eyes.
But I suspect second broods will mean later fledgings and we'll still see small young birds around our gardens. Indeed I saw robin chicks this week around the garden begging parents for food.
Sadly most young birds will fall victim to birds of prey and other parents looking to feed their young - foxes, weasels, rats, magpies etc.
This of course could mean that these animals lose young due to a lack of normal food, or they just have their young later.
I'll be watching the garden, field and lanes for new life and updating the blog before the bank holiday weekend ends.
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