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The "fluffy humbugs" are still running around the garden squeaking like mad. The adult birds have flown over once or twice in the last couple of hours but have not come down. I think (or at least I hope) that means the adults are aware of the chicks location so I hold out hope that early tomorrow morning (dawn-ish) when all is quiet the parents will return and I can let them all loose with me doing some rear-guard guidance.

That is plan A - unfortunately I do not really have a plan B other than to contact RSPB tomorrow (and the local Urban Farm, who may be able to advise).

I do have a nice cosy shed where the chicks could stay in a box but really I want the chicks to be "available" to the parents at all times and especially early tomorrow. Although I will try to be up around dawn (honest - I'm daft, and a very light sleeper) there is no guarantee. We do not have a problem with foxes and no special problem with cats - possibly because we have a dozen garden lights on all night as a security measure and a couple of big sensor-activated flood lights along the passage way beween us an next door that any foxes/ cats would use.