27 May AM 2023 livestream - 5 chicks remaining from 11 - female parent absent since 16th May

12 eggs started hatching on Monday 8th May 2023, one egg did not hatch and six chicks have not survived so far. This is more than likely due to the female parent having been missing since 16th of May. She would have helped to bring more food into the nest and have widened the nest bowl so as to stop chicks from piling up on top of each other. The male parent has been doing his best to keep the chicks supplied with food but has not been brooding them overnight or keeping the nest as well maintained as the female would have.
As such these chicks are a little behind in their development and will probably take the full 21 days or possibly longer to fledge.
Well stocked bird feeders are nearby. The optimal food for this species are Winter Moth Caterpillars. They do not eat worms.

This is a livestream from the wifi box featured on the channel earlier this year. As such it might be a little unstable and this is all a bit of an experiment. The livestream will not run through the night.
Please bear with us while we explore this new bit of technology.

The side view box, used in previous years, is all set up for smoother live-streaming but unfortunately none of the birds visiting the garden have decided to nest in it this year.

There's a friendly little helper called Nightbot who can answer frequently asked questions in the chat. Simply type in one of the phrases below to have your question answered.

!camera !eggs !fluffy !gender !location !nestbox !species !weather !fledge

Be warned - Nightbot does have a dark side and can also place you in timeout from the chat if you use lots of capital letters (please don't shout), if you keep repeating yourself or if you're a potty mouth.

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Things used to make this stream:

Camera box system - Gadernature solar powered battery wifi bird box camera system - https://gardenature.co.uk/?sca_ref=30...

Streaming software - OBS
FREE to download at https://obsproject.com/download

Editing software - Davinci Resolve 18
FREE to download at https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

Streaming hardware - Apple iMac 21.5 2017 3.4GHz
Apple iPad Pro 11" 3rd Gen
Blackmagic Atem mini