Empty Nest!

Just in case anyone was wondering by Tuesday (16 June) the birds had flown.

Missed the excitement unfortunately. No sign yet of the parents returning to start family no. 2, but I guess they are probably still feeding the fledglings at the moment - so if anyone is interested we have one nest, with vacant possession, available now:

May-be the Weather was Good?

The weather station continues to confuse me, this time it seems to have recorded all the data from the last download until the 24 May, with no record thereafter - really don't know what is going on!

Anyway, here's the weather record for May, not so good actually (and again incomplete - as will be June's in due course!):

Time to Leave the Nest?

Can't be long now - as of yesterday they were looking pretty grown up:

It's getting a bit crowded in here . . .

They are proper little birds now (baby feathers nearly all gone, and you can see a pied-wagtailish tail on its way). I guess they'll be leaving the nest before long, and just hope that number 5 is alive and well under there somewhere . . .

Oh Frabjous Day!

Callooh! Callay! And all that. Chortling in joy at the sale of the old house (finally).

Growing Up . . .

The chicks are beginning to look like proper little birds now, with feathers and everything . . .

Gobwatch!

Took the opportunity for another quick snap of the chicks - on hearing the camera mechanism on the first shot, lots of little beaks opened wide . . .


At least they are acquiring some feathers now, and looking a little cuter!

Chickwatch!

That's the feathered kind of chick - although they don't have many feathers at the moment!

We've gone from 5 eggs to 5 chicks - they're rather ugly scraps of birdlife at the moment, but I guess they'll look a bit cuter in due course: