First Egg Hatching to Chicks Fledging 21 days in 21 mins Blue Tit nest box camera highlights 2021

Here s the followup montage video from the BlueTit nest box located in Loughborough, UK. It takes us from the first egg hatching to the chicks fledging and leaving the nest. There is a PG13 edit of this video showing what happens to the chicks that didn t make it. You can find that here: If you haven t seen the Empty Nest to First Egg video you can find it here: As you ll see, several of the chicks didn t survive to fledging. There was a cold snap during the nesting period which could have had a bearing on the matter. Rest assured that the bird feeders were (and still are) well stocked. Like minded people with bluetit nest boxes in the UK left comments saying many of their chicks also hadn t survived through to fledging this year either. The chicks hatched over a four day period, usually this would only be a two day affair. The final chick to hatch on day 4 didn t stand much of a cha