Some of you might have seen on my facebook page that our Blue Tits, George and Mildred, have been successful this year, with a family of five young successfully fledge.
This was taken (very quickly) on 18th May.
During the time of bringing in food, George and Mildred endured both the 30C heatwave and some torrential rain and thunderstorms.
At their peak, the parents were between them bringing in food every 2 to 3 minutes from around 5am until around 9.40pm. Even if you said it was every 3 minutes over 16 hours, that would be 320 meals!!
They worked their little socks off, and managed a few times to defy a Magpie that was trying to get into the box.
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Since they fledged, I haven`t seen the family around, so I just hope they are doing well.
I`ll leave the nest box for a few more weeks just in case they are interested in using it again, but that is doubtful. It will then be carefully cleaned out, just in case there are mites and ticks to get rid of.
