30th May 2013 ..

Day 12 .. Things are moving on a pace. All of the chicks now have lots of fur and feathers, there are even signs of wing flapping and preening by a couple! I think there are still 10 chicks .. a couple are obviously bigger, and a couple of little chaps seem to be suffering slightly, but where there's life there's hope. Fingers crossed that Dan & Dora can get some food into the mouths of the smaller ones, but whatever the outcome, they have done a fantastic job to get their brood this far. Hard to believe that, weather permitting, they will have all gone this time next week ...

29th May 2013

Day 11 ..Tipping it down with rain outside, but a sodden Dan & Dora, persist to find food for their little bundles of fur ..