Hi, I have been watching for weeks, robins build a nest in our nest box, they come and go and it’s been wonderful! Yesterday evening, there was an almighty commotion and we looked out and saw a cat on the wall, our dog ran out to scare it away, but the robin on the tree watching the nest was chirping away like mad. This morning, there is a dead fledgling on the grass and it looks like the nest has b en pulled to the front of the nest box. We know that the cat couldn’t reach the box, as it was positioned in a difficult spot. Would the robins have messed up their own nest? Also, could they possibly come back or have they now abandoned the nest box. We are afraid to look in, just in case it puts them off altogether...it’s so sad.
Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos
(One bush does not shelter two Robins)
Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)