That's not good to hear, we seem to be fine here with our Blue Tits and in reality the only year we had a number die was a very hot year when they had 12 in the nest, so the odds weren't great anyway. Not sure on thoughts though apart from food, seems strange to be 3 years in a row. Do you think there is good food around, e.g. do you see leaves eaten in the garden or on hedges with neighbours?
We are probably lucky living in a rural location outside a village as we walk out into woods and common land, so there is food galore I think, hundreds of caterpillars hanging off the oaks.
One of our cam boxes has 6 chicks which I reckon are a day or two away from fledging, the other box is either 5 or 6 but probably a good week at least behind.
We also have an apple tree with a big bow fallen off resulting in a sizeable hole in the trunk (eventually the tree will die I reckon) and I'm not sure if it was because I stopped feeding early this year (this is the tree with our feeders on) but for the first time we have a Great Tit nesting in the hole in the tree.
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