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  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Classic Dunnock eggs I say. Blue with no markings in a nest of grass and roots. Watch out for a cuckoo laying an egg in there! 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • D0rdogne_DamselD0rdogne_Damsel Posts: 4,184
    Managed a hasty dash around the garden in-between work shifts, at last some sunshine and blloms coming out. Loving the dark Gladioli especially, first year of growing. 

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ibknhQY1K7NbLTXr6

    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited July 2021
    AuntyRach said:
    Classic Dunnock eggs I say. Blue with no markings in a nest of grass and roots.

    Is it not getting a bit late in the season?
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    I would imagine it's second time round. I have had babies running around the garden for weeks now @Fire
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I have, what must be, the third clutch of sparrows over my bath (so to speak). They've been going straight, from Feb, seemingly without a break in between broods. They nest in eaves all along our street, front and back. We must be helping to assist the (strugging) London sparrow population.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sparrows flying about with mouthfuls of stuff here.
    Do they make the nests before or after they mate?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Both @B3 .  They are a type that stays together for life, and nest in the same spot.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Is three the max clutches per year? It feels more like five by me
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Each clutch takes about 10 weeks from laying to parents abandoning the chick's so from Feb to Sept four would be a squeeze. 😆
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