Blue tit babes leave their caravan

Caravan homes for all! Thanks for posting the photo. 

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Lovely picture.  Thanks for sharing.

How lovely 😃. Very impressed you caught them in the act of fledging.

I've seen those quirky nest boxes but have been put off them as I thought they were more of a novelty - great to see that they are fit for purpose and used.

Yes Bakers2, we bought it for a novelty item.  We put up 3 RSPB recommended plain wood nest boxes with squirrel guards.  They were all ignored in favour of the caravan nest box from Lidl!  It does have a rear door so we can clean it out as necessary.

we had a hectic day when they fledged, some seemed so tiny, we picked them off the floor and put them back, the parents continued to visit the box to feed them, but the following day they were out again so we left them to it.  There are definitely survivors a few days on, they are in the sycamore tree being fed regularly by the exhausted mum and dad.

Glad you like the photo, they are not shy, the ‘caravan’ is a metre from our hot tub, which we use every evening, and it hasn’t bothered them at all!

 

'Our' blue tits - in a home made nest box - fledged on the same day, but they were big brutes, and I suspect had stayed at home for as long as possible before mum and dad persuaded them it was time to go.  They looked almost fully grown - just the rather yellow 'gape' gave them away as fledglings, and they've all left the garden now.   

It was nice to see them leave, and we can now use the front garden again and catch up with all the weeding and feeding!