You’ve probably already seen fledgling blue and great tits (Cyanistes caeruleus and Parus major) looking adorably scruffy, wings flapping and beaks open, relentlessly chasing their parents for protein-rich meals of caterpillars and insects. The tit family have just one brood each year, while other songbirds like robins (Erithacus rubecula), blackbirds (Turdus merula) and house sparrows (Passer domesticus) may already be on their second. In a good year, when there’s plenty of food available, including the ever-reliable earthworm, they may even squeeze in a third before the end of July. And as you know, if you see a baby bird looking lost in a corner of your garden or local park, just leave it be, its parents won’t be far away, and they’ll soon rescue it!