I wrote about the blue tits back at the beginning of the month, and unfortunately the news is not good.
While they could cope with some disruption the builders went on to remove the soffits and guttering immediately above their nest site and at that point the parents admitted defeat. On the plus side the roof is nearly done, and look at that lovely new guttering, we are anticipating a snug and dry winter with no leaks.
Over at Lock Arkaig there was an owl strike one night shortly before the hatching was due and one of the three eggs was lost.
Happily a couple of weeks ago one of the other eggs hatched and the hatchling is going strong. It seems the final egg is a dud, still sitting on the nest in the way, but they will probably remove it when they climb up and tag the baby in a few weeks:
Stay safe. Be kind. Put some water out for the birds.
I haven't watched as much of Loch Arkaig (and other nests) this year, but was sad to see that one egg was lost and the third was infertile. Sad that your blue tits were defeated.
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