Add your "Odds & Sods" here thread ... 2020

Lovely pics and clip Wendy and good to hear about the robin too :)

Thanks aitch ... this box was packed with leaves last week but now appears to have a proper nest in it ... allowed myself one quick peek before I set up trailcam ... can't see to bottom of nest though so not going to pry anymore! Thankfully my Robin is well used to seeing me in garden & comes to feed whilst I am quite near!

A few from the garden today.

Blue Tit (nest building going on in an old House Sparrow box in one of the trees in the garden).

A bit closer than I usually like to frame them, but I couldn't really get any further away from him.!! :-)

Dunnock. Nest building is going on in the top of one of the taller Conifers in the garden (around 20ft up). I had always thought of Dunnocks as nesting within 3 foot or so from the ground.

Fun fact: Apparently the Dunnock is a relatively new lower altitude bird, being confined mainly to more mountainous areas in up until the end of the 19^th century. The female builds the nest. :-)

Trail cam at 9.05am this morning.

Didn't manage any pics of visits to Robin nest today but could see through the kitchen a bird well settled, must be on eggs ... have ordered new supply of waxworms but will be a bit delayed by BH weekend! I have found that large quantitity bags of suet pellets are now in short supply, had to purchase 3kg bags to keep the birds fed!

Captured this wee bluetit sitting on the fence today not looking its best...

Its mate was in the pond...not looking its best either

Are they ok to be looking so scruffy?

They look wet to me Linda from a recent bath!

pheeew...thanks wendy!

They can get very scruffy in the nesting season, maybe they are feeding Linda? any sign of a nest anywhere?