Hi again Sparrow, I have been looking at that one as it makes sense for me too, being as how 99% of my sightings are at home. I only joined the BTO a week ago (the £35 + nestbox one) so perhaps I need to also join the £15 one to take part in the Garden Birdwatch. I will have a chat with them on Monday.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
Oooh, thanks Brenda [wave]. I have a robin box which is half open fronted - maybe I should get OH to take off the other half of the front and attach it to either the plum or apple tree.
You have got me reading numerous bird sites but nowhere do they mention nesting in trees. Here is an excerpt from the BWP.
SITE: Hole or crevice in wide variety of natural and artificial sites, including building,wall, bank,cliff, pile of debris, dense bush, old nest of other species. Nest: cup of twigs, grass stems and leaves, roots, and moss, lined with hair, wool and feathers.
A few sites mention the open nest box, but i presume from what I have read, it should not be high up. I hope they stay and breed as a few sites mention gardens.
Hi Brenda [wave], sorry if I've made you busier than you already are! I will have to try the nestbox fairly high up somewhere as every cat in the neighbourhood roams between all the gardens so I don't want to encourage them to ground nest - unless they do it in my yard where they are, to a greater extent, protected from cats. That's a thought - I could put a box on the trellis and see if they fancy that..... (I'll probably get a family of rats in it, knowing my luck LOL).
Hi Squirrel, I have enjoyed checking. I find some of the birds seem to be changing their habits, so I try to keep an eye out for any updated literature that interests me. You have got me worried about the rats, as I saw a woodmouse on our ground feeder this morning. First time I have seen it.
Come to think of it, we both know a man who would give the best advice, but he is probably out , on one of his walks.
Hi Squirrel, why don't you start a thread to see if anyone has experience on these nests? As Brenda has just said, we all know a man who will know ... LOL
Cheers, Linda.
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Hi Brenda and Sparrow - I can't think who you mean LOL
Seriously though, I know he will come up trumps for us but I thought I'd wait and see if he picks up on this thread. If he doesn't I'll start a new one for it. Does that seem sensible to you two?
My greenfinches are now beginning to sing, and a cycle around the village revealed several more away from feeding stations. Goldfinches seem to have moved out into possible breeding locations in the lanes.
:)
S
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Hi Squirrel, I was hoping he would join in. I told you I read a lot this morning, so I am hoping HE doesn't say that they could be a couple, who have just paired up for the winter,( which is something else I read) and means they will not always stay together for the breeding season. B...... you are needed !
...... He's on line right now!