Nestbox Diary 2013 Update - 5 Eggs

For a few reasons, particularly work, I've been unable to post anything about what's going on in the camera nestbox over the last few days, but I've still been receiving images captured by the rest of the family back home via Dropbox and I'm happy to say the last few days seem to have gone pretty smoothly. 

There are now a total of 5 eggs in the nestbox, and the female Great Tit has started incubating the eggs. I don't think this is the end of the clutch yet but I could be wrong. I do know that garden birds have a tendency to lay fewer eggs, as there is a lower chance that the chicks will survive (our Blue Tits only laid 7 eggs when we followed them a couple of years ago). There were 2 or 3 eggs in the box on the 29th. So its possible that, if there were 2 eggs at this point, she has laid an egg a day since then or, if there were 3 eggs by this point, she has skipped out one day sometime between then and now. 

The only thing I've been receiving on Dropbox today has been images, as they are much quicker to upload and don't slow the internet down too much at home. The images below were all captured today at various points. 

And finally, a picture of the female asleep for the night: 

I may actually be back home on Saturday as I need to be home for a couple of things, so I should be able to give a more detailed update on what's going on when I get back. Until then, thanks for reading and have a nice evening :D