Mice! Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, Velocette said: Just seen today a pair of nuthatches taking material into our nest box in the garden. Regularly see them on the peanut feeders and bird table but never before in the nest box ! That is a result, we have them on the feeders in the garden, one of my favourite birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Just been standing at the kitchen sink washing up last nights crockery and noticed some movement in amongst the clematis about 10 feet from the window. A pair of blue tits are stripping the old dead growth out and are building a nest in box No 1 right next to the window, never been used in 3 years since putting up. The 2nd box has been used before and still nothing in No 3, yet! Watching the pair, they may be new to this nestbuilding lark. They repeatedly attempt to take 6 and 8 inch pieces of dried grass in through an 1 1/4 hole! Edited April 17, 2020 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Great to watch there antics aint it!😉 Keep us amused and a bit of cheer at this time. Even the rooks in the rookery over the road from mine have been entertaining to watch carrying some big old twigs. Interesting how they use a mixture of green and dead twigs to build nests. hanging off some branches to brake them off. Keep an eye out for turtle doves folks! They are back early! Been seen in Suffolk in last 2 days. Fortunate to have them visit my garden to feed up when they return most years. Big soft spot for them and english partridges. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Yes by 4 o clock they were using feathers and dog hair to line the nest. I look forward to having all the bugs stripped from my back garden in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I put pigeon feathers out for them. Used to empty tumble dryer filter out for them to, but we have been told that's bad now. Have a box they use most years 3ft outside my office window. They also try and time there hatch with the emerging of the green caterpillars on the oak leaves. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, NatureBoy said: Used to empty tumble dryer filter out for them to, but we have been told that's bad now. Why and by whom please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, NatureBoy said: I put pigeon feathers out for them. Used to empty tumble dryer filter out for them to, but we have been told that's bad now. Have a box they use most years 3ft outside my office window. They also try and time there hatch with the emerging of the green caterpillars on the oak leaves. NB Yes they do, in previous years that must be 70 to 80% of their diet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 The larger birds in our area used to pick up the horse [now passed on 😞] hair for their nest lining. Also strip bits of twine tied to the fencing 😊 And the small birds take the dogs [3xESS] hair from the redundant peanut feeder,,,, it's great watching them tug it out, fly off and come back time and time again. All brilliant to watch 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 14 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: Why and by whom please Because there is a lot of micro plastics in it YB. The conservation bodies etc don't encourage it now. I have a robins nest i kept that is lined with golden thread like on xmas decs. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Last year’s nest in the bay tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Dunnock OF? Always got them in garden. First nest attempt got predated. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, NatureBoy said: Dunnock OF? Always got them in garden. First nest attempt got predated. NB 👍👍😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Old Suffolk name for them is hedge betty. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocette Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 15/04/2020 at 20:45, Mice! said: That is a result, we have them on the feeders in the garden, one of my favourite birds. Quick update. Just been watching one of the adults feeding the brood at the nest box entrance. Noisy little things !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 My family of Blue Tits fledged yesterday from just beside the kitchen window. I don't know who was more surprised, me or the first to go who went past me 3 feet away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, Velocette said: Quick update. Just been watching one of the adults feeding the brood at the nest box entrance. Noisy little things !! Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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