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#365DaysWild, birding, birds building nests, birdwatching, British birds, Coot, coot nest building
As we’ve had a very unseasonal high of 14°C today (this is still meant to be winter remember), it’s not surprising that birds’ thoughts are turning to nest building. Today, at Cosmeston, I saw Magpies and Carrion crows stick-carrying, a Blue tit with moss in its beak perched on the entrance hole of a conveniently placed nest box, and this Coot transporting bits of reed to a secretive location.
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Things are pretty much awry here, too. I am waiting for the gardener to arrive to cut down the Hawthorn hedge (in Winter) but now I doubt it will be done because of nesting birds…
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I have seen many birds starting to build so it may be best to wait. Sorry to hear you are taking out a hedge – is there a particular reason for its removal?
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I don’t know why I wrote ‘cut down’! We are merely shortening it because it shades a neighbouring garden if it isn’t kept neat and tidy. It’s a Hawthorn hedge which I had planted about twenty something years ago; there were some beeches planted at the same time but not one remains. It is currently over 1.5 metres tall…
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Good news, and it sounds an impressive hedge. I’ll bet your local wildlife loves it. 🙂
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