If there is no food to be had, the chicks simply flop onto one another. You can see how the triangular shape of the immature chick is now developing a point that moves closer to the final needle-point beak we can expect in adulthood. We are still sure that seven chicks are in residence, may be eight and we did once think we caught a glimpse of an egg when Blodwyn was going through her burrowing routines
