I wish mine were in a good place for photographing,but it's lovely to see yours.
Fairygirl, it is a shame that some birds can be so messy. For several years there were house martins nesting under the eaves of the flats above our local shops but people got fed up with the mess and pulled all the vacated nests down.
Hi guys, I have a blackbird nest above my back door in the rafter of my canppy - not at all secret!! she has 4 eggs and she comes and goes. I think she was trying to make a nest for a few weeks but was making a right mess of it (and my garden!) and then all of a sudden I only saw the male and next day there was a perfect nest, lol! I haven't seen him for a while but I can hear her foraging in my 'jungle' part of the garden when she's not in the nest. Can anyone tell me how long it is from now until the chicks fledge, I'm so terrified she'll get spooked by being in such an open and busy (I'm in and out all the time) spot?
I'm afraid that's not going to end in success - far too late in the year for blackbirds to rear a brood. Even if they hatch they won't survive Sad but that's nature - the blackbirds got it wrong this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Aliesh, that is wonderful
I wish mine were in a good place for photographing,but it's lovely to see yours.
Fairygirl, it is a shame that some birds can be so messy. For several years there were house martins nesting under the eaves of the flats above our local shops but people got fed up with the mess and pulled all the vacated nests down.
Hi guys, I have a blackbird nest above my back door in the rafter of my canppy - not at all secret!! she has 4 eggs and she comes and goes. I think she was trying to make a nest for a few weeks but was making a right mess of it (and my garden!) and then all of a sudden I only saw the male and next day there was a perfect nest, lol! I haven't seen him for a while but I can hear her foraging in my 'jungle' part of the garden when she's not in the nest. Can anyone tell me how long it is from now until the chicks fledge, I'm so terrified she'll get spooked by being in such an open and busy (I'm in and out all the time) spot?
I'm afraid that's not going to end in success - far too late in the year for blackbirds to rear a brood. Even if they hatch they won't survive
Sad but that's nature - the blackbirds got it wrong this year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.