Plumbeous Water Redstart (Phoenicurus fuliginosus)

Dear Pete

I didn't mean my response to sound critical , just annoyed with my self for using antibiotics unwisely. The remaining youngsters look OK ( but they always do until they die!!)
It is hard to credit that I lost the last one due to a thunderstorm and I am worried about losing these to the heat.

Despite the nest being very close to the wire I have not seen either parent feeding the young and the hen leaves the nest as soon as I enter the garden.

The male and female appear not to interact but they must have at least three times!

Chris .

One of the young has left the nest today Parents feeding it but it looks very young. Other chick still in the hanging basket

both chicks fledged one is tail flicking and up on the perch but the other is sulking in the shade and looks a lot smaller

The hen has made a nest in the box she used for the first brood ( which died at the point of fledging) I had empted the box

Again she has used florists moss, some coconut fibre and then lined with animal hair
she built it very quickly

The chicks are definitely not feeding themselves yet