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Wednesday 2rd June - Watch as our family of blue tits begin to fly the nest. Find out if they all make it into the safety of the tree branches or fall to the woodland floor.
If you were watching the webcams at 7am then you will already know that after many days of flapping and preening the blue tit chicks built up the courage to fledge (gently encouraged by mum and dad). Watch tonight's show to see the blue tit chicks find their wings and fly the nest.
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Tuesday 1st June - The blue tits are getting ready to fledge but will they want to get their feet wet in the Norfolk rain?
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Monday May 31st - Watch Chris and Kate as they observe some amazing behaviour - blue tits collecting mint.
The webcam team are doing an amazing job on the webcams. Even the curious blue tit chicks agree.
Check out all the nesting activity, happening right now on the webcams.
The blue tit chicks are rapidly growing and it is getting very tight in the blue tit nest box. Will they be fledging soon?
Three of the larger, more adventurous chicks have begun to stretch out and flap their wings in between bouts of preening of feathers.
The blue tit chicks are growing at a rapid rate. It is not surprising... with a constant home delivery of juicy green catepillars, sunflower seeds and an assortment insects.
The mother blue tit has been cafefully picking mint leaves for her baby chicks' nest. The mint leaves are used to line the nest and are believed to have anti-bacterial properties which will help protect the chicks from infection. We've never seen this behaviour before on Springwatch.
The female blue tit has reduced the number of food parcels - down to 20 per hour. She may be tired (it has been a long few days) or having to forage further afield.
The nine hungry blue tit chicks are keeping their parents very busy - averaging 36 feeds per hour. Both parents are active with the feeding schedule and keeping the nest in order by removing the faecal sacs (bird nappies).
In 2010 Springwatch followed a family of blue tits, a first for Pensthorpe. Follow the highs and lows of parenthood as the family of nine chicks prepare to fly the nest. Watch the story unfold here.
The colourful blue tit is a universal garden visitor. With its ornamental blue plumage, it is a firm favourite on bird tables up and down the country. Blue tits are extremely social birds and are often spotted in flocks of up to 20. Blue tits diets mainly consist of seeds, nuts, catepillars and insects.
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