Bluetit Diary    Apr 2024 (5)

 

 

Saturday 6th April, 2024

It's 10 o'clock in the morning.  The nest is getting fuller, but there is still a little way to go.

At least Sooty now seems to be getting on with it.  Here she comes with more nesting material.

Nearly 3 hours have passed, and Sooty doesn't seem to have made much difference.  However, she does seem to have covered the bare patch.

Now this is a major change.  Sooty must have found a good source of fluffy stuff.

Sooty placing some nesting material just where she wants it.

Another beak full of fluffy stuff.  This is primarily needed to line the nest cup, but all the birds I have watched in the past spread it around all over the place.  They often subsequently sit in the nest cup and pull it into the nest cup.  No doubt Sooty will do this later.

This is the position at the end of the day.