For some reason, I was late starting up this morning, but when I did, I found that Meg's eggs had started to hatch! Here we have 3 chicks and 5 intact eggs.
Max appears to have cottoned on quickly. Here he is 20 minutes later with some food.
The happy couple!
Three hours later, there appears to be 5 chicks and 3 unhatched eggs.
A couple of hours later, the situation hasn't changed.
It is now half past four in the afternoon and it is not clear how many eggs are still left to hatch.
Male bluetits usually seem to take a great interest in their offspring.
At half past five, it is clear there are still 3 unhatched eggs.
This picture, which was taken at half past six, shortly before the system is scheduled to shut down, shows that there are still three eggs that have not yet hatched.
Will they all hatch tomorrow?