Bluetit Diary    Apr 2004 (24)

 

 

Saturday 17th April, 2004

Yes - Fluffy has laid a second egg!

She lays her eggs early in the morning, at least before eight o'clock!  Here she has just come into the nest box with another white feather to help cover the eggs.

Two eggs are clearly visible as she leaves the nest box shortly after.

Back comes Fluffy with another feather - where does she get them from?

Barney has come to have a look - only to be caught by Fluffy.

By the time she leaves, she has covered the eggs up again.

Barney comes again to the nestbox.  He is a very attentive parent.

"Where's Fluffy?" he seems to be saying.  "Why is she leaving my eggs by themselves?"

At the end of the day, Barney entices Fluffy into the nest box.

She follows immediately after.

The last shot before we turned out the lights shows Fluffy checking the eggs one more time.

She did not emerge again that evening.