As well as the young blackbirds (see yesterday's post), we've had a few other youngsters around. On Sunday, for example, the garden was filled all of a sudden with young coal tits, and we've also had young great tits examining the feeders. No young robins yet, though the pair we have are very busy ferrying food to somewhere not too far away. The only nest I know the location of is the blue tit nest in our nest box not far from the feeders. The parent birds are frantically trying to gather large amounts of food, and are back and forth constantly, so there's clearly a large and growing brood! The birds fly straight from the box into the wood (or sometimes to the feeders), with their characteristic looping flight. It's rare that they fly straight back, though, preferring to perch on a cable nearby or on the lamp fixed to the corner of that wall, and have a good look round before nipping into the box. In another week or so the garden will be inundated with young birds, which need to learn quickly the survival skills they need, as life out there can be dangerous, and many will not live through their first year.
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