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We've got a pair of Blue Tits in our first nest of the year located at Derek's house in Dublin. The nest is almost complete, the female laid seven eggs, and those eggs have now hatched into nestlings!
A pair of Swallows have built a nest in a shed behind Áras an Uachtaráin, and now there are also Swallow chicks in the nest!.
Click here to listen back to Eric Dempsey’s documentary about the Swallow: From Egg To Africa
Derek is back ...
Brenda Donohue reports from Kilkenny, where she attended Ireland’s first ever Children’s Gospel Music Workshop.
Better news from our nest cameras, as the good weather has brought an abundance of food to the five bluetit chicks.
And, following reports that a young couple were robbed of €10,000 when trying to buy a car, Michael Sheridan gives Derek the pros and cons of buying and selling second-hand cars privately.
Our Blue Tit chicks are getting big and strong now - ornithologist Jim Wilson joins Derek from our Cork studio today with the latest from our nestbox!
One of the Blue Tit chicks looks up
Our young chicks are getting more adventurous
The female Blue Tit directly feeding her chicks
The mother Blue Tit and her five remaining chicks
Jim took this stunning photo of a young Blue Tit in his garden, and wants to remind everyone to leave alone any young chicks they might come across that have left the nest, as the parents may still be feeding
them.
Photo by Jim Wilson
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