What will most likely be the final egg this season was laid this morning at 6.01am, exactly the same time as the first on the 26th April.

No two egg deliveries have been the same, and again it came quite quickly, and was over in less than a minute.

She had already been out of the box for 20 minutes, and within 3 minutes of returning she was going through egg labour for the last time.

The camera caught the best view yet, as she arched her body and her tail moved upwards. She was also heard to make louder clicking sounds today during the 50 second cycle.

A few feeds from the male hadn't satisfied her morning hunger, and rather conveniently at 6.43am she gave visual confirmation of the clutch:

Egg number 8 arrives here.

For most of the day today it has been a case of 'Spot the Blue Tit' as she beds herself so far down in the nest, making sure as much of her body is in contact with the eggs.

All you get too see from the side camera is a give-away tail to say she's in there:

The male looks to be doing well, and he's finding quite a variety of food to bring to her.

He's also found some pretty large specimens at times, and just like the chicks will do in a couple of weeks, she almost looks as if she will choke on them from time to time.

One of the larger Caterpillars brought in this morning meets its fate here.

Maybe he has two favourite food sources? He either flies directly up to the box, or creeps round the side with something dangling and wriggling in his beak:

Life inside the box must get a little tedious and boring for her, and at times she will try and sleep, others she just lays there and stares at the walls:

But there is one thing that helps pass the time, and it's something she must do it without fail.

Whilst her body is nice and warm, and the blood vessels near the surface ensure that the contact of her belly with the eggs maintains things at an even temperature, they are only getting that warmth from the top side.

To distribute the heat she often changes position within the nest cup, and probably moves the eggs slightly with her feet as well.

But the eggs must also be turned frequently and 'Nest Cup Diving' is the way she achieves it. Every now and then she dives straight down, tail in the air and moves the eggs with her beak;

In three weeks time when she carries out the same procedure when the chicks are around, they'll start popping up around her as she tries to organise them and remove bugs and other things from the bottom of the nest.

She's nest cup diving here and also watch that way she shuffles her body over the eggs each time she settles down again afterwards. Presumably this is to ensure good contact again.

She is a little lapse about covering the eggs at present, and seems to go through the motions of covering them up, but doesn't achieve it.

The first three pictures below show how she spreads her wings and shuffles her feet to move material around to cover the eggs. She never seems to check afterwards that they are covered, and more often than not leaves 8 eggs bare ... which must start to cool down again fairly quickly:

The pictures above were taken from this video.

So her first full day looks to have gone well, but we did have to show you the picture below ..

She looked rather fetching this morning when she a feather that had been left in the hole got stuck to her head. It then blew away of its own accord a minute later:

Time is very tight over the next few days this end, and we will be taking advantage of the quieter spell as she continues to cook the eggs. When the chicks hatch, it gets a little busy!

There will no update tomorrow, and further diary entries over the next week will probably be every other day.

In the meantime, we'll leave you with the WebCam to watch and tell its own story ...

The refresh rate of the cameras was increased yesterday, and if you are having problems with blank images let us know either here or via the forum and we'll see if the timing can be adjusted.