Thursday, 17 April 2014

Nesting time at Titchwell

A lovely sign of Spring the other day. A pair of Long-tailed Tits working as a team to renovate a nest site in preparation for it to be used as a family home. Wedged between the fork of a tree, you can see one of them just peeping out. I think this is the female waiting for her husband (who's late) to hurry up with that nesting material.

And here he is now with some feathers to line the nest.

Passing them to the wife now, who'll no doubt do a better job than him of making it look nice.


A lovely pose for the camera, but off you go before you get shouted at.

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16 comments:

  1. Carole M.18 April 2014 at 03:46

    a lovely series; you were lucky to be in the right place, right time to capture these. A beautiful bird and a wonderful nesting site

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  2. Rajesh19 April 2014 at 15:53

    Wonderful sequence of shots.

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  3. Anonymous19 April 2014 at 16:14

    What a great sequence of the renovation work these birds are doing!

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  4. Roan19 April 2014 at 16:23

    Nice series. Interesting markings.

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  5. Unknown19 April 2014 at 17:15

    How wonderful! Adorable little birds.

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  6. TexWisGirl19 April 2014 at 17:46

    they are just PRECIOUS!

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  7. Janet Shaw19 April 2014 at 19:07

    Beautiful!

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  8. Anni 19 April 2014 at 20:15

    I most certainly, definitely, enjoyed this series!!! The wonders of nature and such an attractive bird.

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  9. eileeninmd19 April 2014 at 20:27

    They are adorable birds, what a neat sighting.. Seeing them working on their nest, great shots! Thank you for linking up to my critter party. Enjoy your weekend and Happy Easter!

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  10. sunshine20 April 2014 at 00:01

    Great to have a nest so close.

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  11. Christian Perrin20 April 2014 at 03:38

    Such an impressive nest that it builds! Great photos, I like how it tells a story.

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  12. Louisette20 April 2014 at 07:16

    Lovely captures, Have a Nice sunday Easter

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  13. Phil Slade20 April 2014 at 12:11

    Good shots Adam. The nest looks so exposed to predators like that but I guess they started it early in the Spring and there still isn't much vegetation growth.

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  14. Anonymous20 April 2014 at 13:11

    pretty nice blog, following :)

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  15. Margaret Birding For Pleasure21 April 2014 at 15:22

    Hi Adam Wonderful photos. very usual for them to make a nest in such an open area. Hope you had a great Easter.

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  16. Black Jack's Carol26 April 2014 at 17:37

    Oh, I DO love these. Thank you, Adam!

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