Every spring a pair of bluetits takes up residence in our garden bird box to raise a family and around the beginning of June we hear the incessant calls of young fledglings demanding food from their harassed parents. This year’s brood appeared a couple of weeks ago and today I finally found an hour to sit in the garden with my camera to capture some of their activities.
When I’ve done this before I’ve always had a battle with my camera’s autofocus to catch the birds among the branches of our buddleia bush. But since I updated my camera about 18 months ago the new autofocus system has made this so much easier. It was even able to pick up birds deep in the branches and focus on them and that make such a difference when you’re dealing with small creatures who move so quickly!
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A couple of years ago we bought a new bird bath, which is raised off the ground and placed closer to our bird feeding station. It’s made a huge difference to the number of birds who use it, and I was surprise how many came for a drink, even though I was only sitting about five feet from it!
Although the garden is dominated by bluetits at the moment, we had plenty of other visitors too…
A rather tired looking Great Tit
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Photos taken 23 June 2025