New nest for 2014!

I've just returned to the UK after 6 weeks of trekking in the Himalaya's (awesome!). This morning I switched on the nest camera and guess what? There is a blue tit nest with 11 eggs!

I think this is quite early in the year and the clutch size of 11 eggs is big (according to BTO Birdfacts 9.06 ± 2.14 is the normal range). And it appears the bird hasn't started incubating yet so I wouldn't be surprised if there is one more egg by tomorrow morning!

It's good for me that the incubation hasn't started yet because from the start of incubation I can estimate when the eggs will hatch and I'm more likely to catch that event live. Incubation time according to BTO: 13.88 ± 1.31 days.