After the blue tits fledged yesterday I thought I’d sit in the garden this morning and see who else was about. Unfortunately we believe ‘nest box 1’ fledged early this morning and some if not all were predated by magpies. 4 magpies were seen in the tree chasing something and we can only assume it was the blue tit chicks. There has been no feeding flights to the box and no chirping coming from it. We just have to hope at least some survived.
I didn’t time my bird count today, though I was watching for over an hour. I saw:
1 robin, 3 great tit, 2 blue tit, 2 woodpigeon, 2 blackbird (1 juvenile) 1 greenfinch, 2 goldfinch, 1 dunnock and 2 white dove
The robin has a pattern to his garden visits. He lands on the corner of the garden shed, fly’s to the bird bath, and then either on to the feeders or the floor. He followed this pattern on 4 out of 5 visits. I haven’t seen any of the fledgling blue tits 🙁