On a rainy afternoon the story continues to unfold in the box, and both parents are being very attentive towards both the chick and the eggs.

Yes, at 7.45pm when this entry was uploaded there is still only one.

The male has played his part superbly, and he deserves to be congratulated. Many feeds have been brought in, and whilst the chick doesn't always get offered food, Mum spends a lot of time still checking and turning the eggs.

From time to time she will momentarily move out of the nest cup and look downwards, just to see if another has yet emerged:

The Female Feeds
Feeding has been interesting, and to be honest she hasn't been that successful in getting the young one to take anything.

Probably not surprising, it will still be a little 'shell' shocked from its experience today.

The video below shows the male bringing food, and the female trying to get rid of it, but again it's a bonus meal for her:

Are you interested in food yet?

The Male Feeds
Something we were unaware of before, and have always wondered about was put to the test at 4.11pm when the camera caught sight of the male feeding the newborn chick.

We really didn't think that they accepted food at such a young age (just 3 hours old!), but you have to give the male credit, he has shown us all a few things this year:

The perfect father.

So by 7.45pm only one chick has hatched, and one parent and one chick settled down after lights out:

The lights go out here.

A great day, and as we said in the previous entry, a little earlier than planned - let's hope number 1 makes it through to fledging OK.

Seven more to go ... but when?