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| An Empty Nest Box |
That's it - they're gone! When I got up later than usual at 7am this morning the nest box was empty and there were no signs of Wills, Kate or any of the chicks in my back garden. They must have left early this morning, because all three were sleeping in the nest when I went to bed at 12pm last night.
I was very happy that three chicks had fledged but quite sad to have missed it both live and on camera - I don't have any video recordings of them actually leaving. Anything you see from now on will be recorded highlights of the last few days in the nest box and soon I'll be removing that.
Although I would like to see them again, I do hope they don't hang around for long in my back garden because the score is currently 3-0 to our cats - trying to keep them away from birds is nigh on impossible.
Good Luck chicks, I hope to see you again in my nest box next year.
Later that same day ...
After spending a long time looking, I did get a glimpse of Wills and Kate and two of their chicks in a Willow tree in my next-door neighbour's garden. They were quite hard to spot due to the tree's hanging branches which are now fully leaved, but the parents taking in food gave them away. At times the fledglings seemed to practice short flights between a Hawthorne in my garden and the Willow tree. Wills and Kate also returned briefly to the fat balls on my feeding station. but shortly after were gone and I haven't seen them since.
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