This is one of the two surviving fledgling youngsters that “Two-Tone” and his mate have successfully reared over the past few weeks. There were originally four eggs, but one failed to hatch and one of the fledglings was taken by a cat! The non-hatching egg problem seems to be fairly universal amongst many species of birds this Spring and is probably down to the unseasonally damp and chilly weather that keeps re-occurring. It could well be that adults are running a much greater risk of eggs becoming too chilled if they leave them for slightly too long….something that wasn’t quite so much of a problem in years gone by!