I think I had a birds nest on top of my chimney that has now fallen in. Some twigs and paper fell out the bottom of the grate and I can see more twigs stuck in the flue. I can also hear tweeting in the chimney breast. There are occasional bits falling down and out the grate. I'm not sure what to do.
Should I just leave it or start pulling the twigs and see what comes with it?
Hi Lollipop, birds like Jackdaws often like to build nests inside chimney stacks and typical nesting base nesting material is twigs. Once nest building has commenced it becomes protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act(1981) There is some advice on THIS LINK which may be of some assistance; it is quite early in the season so there should be no chicks yet otherwise I think it would be a case for the rspca for their help/or advice. In our previous home we had cowlings fitted to the top of the chimney preventing birds from nesting so may be a good idea to do this once the breeding season is over.