Abstract
Experimentally hand‐feeding nestlings of enlarged (+3 nestlings) broods reduced female weight loss during the nestling period in a single‐brooded Great Tit Parus major population in Scotland but did not affect nestling size. The result is consistent with the existence of a trade‐off in parental care between reproductive costs and benefits.
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