CUTENESS overload!
Sam Pownell caught the hatching of blue tits on camera after mummy bird squeezed into and nested in her garden pump in Sale Moor.
From eggs to feathering friends, Sam was there every ‘chirp’ of the way.
It is the second time blue tits have found a comfy home in the water pump. Sadly the first time, eight siblings died after the parent was suspected of being killed.
But Sam was happy to report that the new hatchlings were healthy and have flown the nest.
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