January February March April MAY June Date Diary Entry 1st May Number six, incubation starts (?) and the male feeds the eggs 2nd May Egg number seven and finally she settles down to incubate 3rd May Eight eggs under the slow cooker 5th May Assorted videos from early this morning 6th May An hour in the life of the Blue Tits 9th May Eggs, housework, staring out of the window and food 11th May Some observations from the day ... 12th May Making him work 13th May A male kind of day ... 15th May A Cracking Day - The Eggs Start to Hatch - part 1 15th May A Cracking Day - The Eggs Start to Hatch - part 2 16th May Day two of hatching - part 1 16th May Day two of hatching (and a chick has a mishap!) - part 2 16th May Day two of hatching - part 3 17th May The waiting game ... 18th May Does four make a family ? 20th May A note of caution ... 21st May The male sets the standard, but things don't look good ... 22nd May The female gets her act together and things look brighter! 23rd May 8, 7 and 5 days old - and how they have grown 24th May The male does well, and the chicks get on top of mum 27th May The fab four - Life in the Nest 29th May One of the unhatched eggs disappears from the box 30th May Chick number four fights back and they all start chattering

April saw a box transformed and May has seen 8 eggs and 4 chicks hatch: