Its been all about the Blue Tits

What a day its been here. It started this morning, I went up to the top of the garden to check my Blue Tit Chicks. As I looked around the corner of the summer house I had a feeling something was wrong, then I noticed a lot of the nest box bedding all over the floor. The hole in the box had got even bigger too. My immediate thought was something had got in there I was gutted but then only moments later I heard the familiar call of the Male Blue Tit telling me to buzz off so he could feed his babies. You wouldn't believe how relived I was. So I carried on pottering around. I thought it was a shame to let the nest box contents to go to waste and I was looking for something to fill the Bumble Bee Nesting box up with so the two ideas made sense. So I quietly went over and picked up some of the bedding off the floor. Only to find the body of one of the Blue Tit Chicks. The adult must have accidentally pulled all the bedding out as she was trying to fly the body out. So sad. But it didn't end there. Later on in the day I heard the parent Blue Tits going mad again so I ran to the top of the garden to find 'Cheeky' the stray cat actually sat on that flower box shelf below the Nest box. He could have easily sat there and just shoved his paw right in the hole. I shouted and he jumped down thankfully but now I have a problem of how to project them from Cheeky. I can't put barbed wire up as they could easily impale themselves as they fledge, which they should do in next day or so. Its almost like Cheeky has been waiting deliberately for the chicks to be big enough for him to bother with. Anyway I decided the easiest way was to catch Cheeky and lock him indoors until they fledge. He won't be happy but can't see any other solution. The rest of the garden has been a lot more serene. I noticed the lawn was covered in white and purple Clovers today, well it was just before they all got mowed away. Again there has been some amazing looking flies about. I used to call this 'Sticky Willy' in school as we used to chase each other and get them stuck all over our clothes. I must look up the official name for it. On the veg patch everything is thriving in this wonderful weather, even my Chives have decided to flower. I put my Butterfly House up as well today. Oh back to my Bumblebee House. Within half an hour of siting it, I noticed something had already dragged some twigs and grass through the hole. I know it's a little late for the Queen to start laying but I will be just as happy if a Vole family move in.