Bluetit Diary    Apr 2008 (12)

 

 

Friday 25th April, 2008

Sally has laid another egg this morning bringing the size of her clutch to eight.

Although Abby and Angus are still in and out of Box3, they do not seem to be showing any signs of moving onto the next stage - egg laying.  For example, there are still no feathers or down in the nest cup.

Sally is spending more time than she used to sitting on her eggs, but this is still too intermittent for it to be called the start of incubation.

A clearer picture of Sally's eggs.  They are smaller, paler and less speckled than Gelda's.

Gelda now has 4 eggs.  Unusually, she has left us a good view of them here.  You can clearly see the dark reddish brown speckles which cover the eggs.

When will both of these birds stop laying eggs?  When, if ever, will Abby start laying them?