-
Well, today has been a happy day and a sad day too. It has been a happy day because our five remaining chicks fledged this morning (sadly two were not strong enough to make it into the outside world).They had been flexing their muscles and testing their wings for a few days and this morning mum and dad...
Read More...
-
Sadly, despite the advances made by mankind in the fields of science, understanding and the training of birds, it is unlikely we will ever have an answer to the above question. However, on our very own Plant Centre nest-cam here at Harlow Carr, we have been able to watch and listen to the behaviour of...
Read More...
-
Well what a week we've had. Since our last news reporting that we had four chicks, don't you just know it? - the remaining three hatched. We now have a very full house with all seven eggs hatching. The latter three hatched a day after the first four and even after just one day the difference...
Read More...
-
Magnificent! We now have seven eggs in our Camera Nest Box in the Plant Centre. After laying six eggs last week, Mrs Great-Tit followed this up with a seventh. As anyone who works in horticulture knows, you should always work with odd numbers and it seems our nesting pair have heeded this advice! Mrs...
Read More...
-
Egg-cellent news! After a couple of days of increased activity from our resident Great-Tit couple, Mrs G-T laid a clutch of 6 eggs this morning. These were squeezed out in less than half an hour and are now being incubated by Mrs G-T whilst Mr G-T stands sentry outside - we can hear his reassuring call...
Read More...