BLUE TITS (26)

Real progress with our Tits today!
The female has been sitting on the nest (hidden in the box) pretty well all day, well, all morning anyway - I've been at work since 2pm.
I'm pretty sure she's either laying an egg, or on the cusp of laying.
She's calling the male from inside the box, who is flying down (straight into the box now - no time for perching on the chopstick first!) to feed her.

We can't see in the box, for obvious reasons, but I reckon if we could, we'd see an egg in there tomorrow.

If it all goes to plan, she'll lay eggs over a 12 day (or so) period, normally one a day. She will be flying and feeding in these next 12 days, but once all eggs have been laid, she'll only then begin to incubate them, to ensure they all hatch at roughly the same time.
This is when she'll stay in the box for very long periods of time, and the male will feed her constantly, though she will leave the box occasionally, to wash and feed.

If the incubation goes well, the eggs will hatch in 10 days or so, and then we'll start to hear the peeping of the chicks.

So. To recap. If I'm right (may well be wrong), we should start to hear the chicks (if there are any) in a smidgin over 3 weeks...

Watch this space...