In an earlier post, I mentioned the blue tits and blackbirds nesting in our garden. We know that the blue tits nest in the box at the back of the house but have never tracked down a black bird nest, even though we regularly see babies around the garden and get considerable abuse when working in certain parts of the garden.
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| Young blackbird sunbathing on wall, 2011 |
When pruning the pyracantha that wraps around the front of the house I found a nest. From the information in How to Identify Garden Bird Nests, I decided that it was most likely a blackbird nest. It was about 1.5 m off the ground and the cup was 10cm across.
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| Nest built between branches and down pipe. |
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| Neatly woven grass |
I don't know if the nest was actually used. It is in a crazy position, between the wall of my bedroom and the front path. I would have thought that someone would have noticed birds there. That said, there have been loads of blackbirds around the front garden this year, so maybe they have used that nest.
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