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I have been wondering where do birds sleep in winter, ie when they are not nesting, or do not have a handy bird box.
Depends on the type of bird. You can see huge roosts of some species like jackdaws, crows, little egrets, herons, mainly in trees, and large bushes though jackdaws like chimney pots as well. smaller birds go into bushes, waders etc may be in reeds, some sea birds sleep on the sea, swifts sleep on the wind, using thermals, and so on.
What about blue tits, robins etc? Do they just huddle up on a branch? How do they sleep without falling off?
Long tailed tits bundle up together in a sheltered hedge in a tight feather ball
Caroline in Jersey
Cin J
Dont forget about those 20+ wrens in a nest box on Johnny Kingdoms program :-)
A very old Shropshire Lad.
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robins and blackbirds both roost in the ivy on the side of my garage in winter. Robins and Blue tits have roosted inside my garage in winter. Finches roost in evergreens- rhododendrons seem popular with chaffinches and bramblings around Sandringham. I've seen Pipits and larks go to roost in long thick grass in autumn.
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Yesterday at dusk I watched a small flock - maybe 50 - of pied wagtails descend all together, and quite suddenly, into a reedbed.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
A colleague wrote a really good answer to why birds don't fall off perches at night, have a read below.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/expert/previous/perch.aspx
Warden Intern at Otmoor.