Diary: 12th June 2005

At least one brood of blue tits (Parus caeruleus), have fledged over the weekend and I seem to be almost tripping over them in the garden.

Fledged blue tits

I think that the birds I saw in the garden today were mostly from the family which used the nest box on my birch tree (Betula sp.) - see diary entry for June 1st, but I got the impression that perhaps another brood from a neighbouring garden were also around.

Here a parent bird brings what looks like a caterpillar to one of the fledglings.

Close-up view of the same fledgling in a plum tree.

A fledgling in a Clematis begs for food from one of its parents.

The fledglings have not learned to be cautious of people, allowing a close approach to be made.

Diary: June 2005

Blue tits fledge - see the pictures!