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Doug Bates May 15, 2023

Five days old and hungry 😋

Note the colours are a bit off and some movement blur due to low light levels and fidgety babies.

Nice to see six healthy babies even if two of the eight eggs haven't hatched.

Previously (sorry didn't link it properly): https://home.social/@ColonelDare/110351634782379258

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Attached: 1 image This morning we woke up to 4 more family members 😍 And today we saw Dad turning up after Mum had spent c. 2 weeks sitting on the eggs alone. They have both been in and out all day looking after their new brood. Its lovely to watch and a hopeful distraction from all the c**p that makes to news at the moment. I'll post some more tomorrow but with 7968 photos (just today!) I need to sort them out a bit!

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Doug Bates May 18, 2023

Eight days old and the feathers are growing.

Another couple of days and they will be grumpy teenagers [or the blue tit equivalent thereof!]

Fingers crossed, a couple of years ago we watched a similar nest to this stage then a cold snap, less bugs, and the nest failed. So sad.

Good weather here at the moment so it's looking good.

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Eleven days old and the nest is getting crowded! It's hard to get a decent photo as they are wriggling around the whole time and with the low light levels many blurred images (524 today and these the best of the bunch!)
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