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So far I have only spotted some blackbird fledglings this year (along with ducklings but its ont really the same!). Which fledglings have you spotted this year?

In my part of the world, just the crows! It would seem that the rest of the fledglings here are still hiding.

Kingfisher

Coal tits, Goldfinches, canada geese & swans.We are waiting for robins if we are lucky.

I have yet to see robin fledglings, I caught a glimpse of some starlings the other day though. I didn't have my camera with my unfortunately.

In our old house every year we used to have starlings nesting in a small hole in the roof. The noise they made was unbelievable! We managed to get it filled in after a few years, after making sure that we weren't trapping any bird in there.

This morning we have had a family of 5 great tits on the feeding station,mum,dad & 3 babies. Here is one waiting.

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It's always a special time of year when the fledlings come out. I've seen some coal tits and ducklings, as well as a what I think was a blackbird nest but I couldn't make it out completely.

We have just seen some robin babies & a greenfinch baby , both with adult birds. Unfortunately no pic of robin as they were chased away by squirrie but we have a pic of greenfinches.

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I love that second picture, it is a beautiful bird. Shame about the robins being chased away by the squirrels!

I have seen what I think was great tits, no picture though!

If you look carefully you may see the yellow flash on the wing of the youngster. I assure you that the bird in the second pic was also feeding it so we definately know it was a greenfinch fledgling. To think that it will turn out like the bird in the second pic is amazing.

So far this year I've only seen Robin fledgelings. Not sure whether the squirrels managed to get to the other nests but I had expected to see many more.

Some fantastic pics there.

It is astonishing how the yound bird can transform into the brightly coloured greenfinch, you never would have guessed it from just looking at it.

I've been very fortunate to have been over-run with fledglings this year in my new garden (only moved in 3 months ago!). I've had robins, blackbirds, goldfinches, siskins, jackdaws, dunnocks and about a month ago around 40! starlings and babes all in one go!!!! They made such a racket - squarky little things lol!

Mum 'trying' to feed her babies!...



My favourites have to be the blue tits though as they're just so fluffy and brightly coloured. Here's a couple of pics I took whilst sitting in my arbour by the nut feeder....



and another... I love this one!



Thankfully (because now it's quiet!) the starlings have all gone off elsewhere except for one little fledling today having a few raisins with the blackbirds.

Hmmm.... Why is one of my pics small?

Poor mum looks as if she is completely bewildered as to where next to turn!

A bit like me when I have five or six people all asking me questions at once .

Kingfisher

You can almost hear them squarking from that pic Caz, I love the blue tits really cute.
I am interested to know how many Goldies you get as we seem to be seeing them everywhere..