Rest in peace little bluetit

It's always very poignant to find these miniature beauties that didn't make it to adulthood. Nature can be wasteful.

Poor little soul.

Oh how sad, at least the others have made it so far. In some strange way I feel responsible for all the wildlife in my garden. A few years ago i saw a blackbird killing a newt, I didn't know what to do as the newt would already have been damaged, so the blackbird had his meal :-(

That's amazing - never imagined a blackbird would do that!

Me neither Stera, I've seen birds fishing for ramshorn snails, but I did google it I was so shocked, and its not that rare:-(

So sad , probably the weakest one of the clutch so nature intervened...I never knew blackbirds did that either, although I have noticed they spend more time on the pond netting when the frogs spawn appears, perhaps they eat that as well, I'll have to take more notice next springtime, I'm curious now...