Bundles of joy

Amazingly, this year we've got a pair of Blue Tits nesting in our garden. I first noticed the birds checking out the nest box during the winter and nest building began a couple of months ago, but I say amazingly because these birds have had a lot to contend with, including a local moggie sitting on top of the nest box peering into the entrance hole and even a Red Fox trying to get at them! The chicks are now pretty well developed (photo below) and should fledge in the next week or so. Although impossible to tell for sure from this photo, this brood appears to be very small, perhaps as few as 3 or 4 chicks, but hopefully I'll be around when they fledge so I can find out exactly how many there are.