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A Blackcap nest

20 Wednesday Apr 2022

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bird nests, birding, birdwatching, Blackcap, Blackcap nest, British birds

Blackcap males are singing from every available tree or patch of promising scrub at the moment, trying to impress females with their melodies.

220420 blackcap

And, during a recent walk, I spotted this nest, which, sadly, won’t get used as it had been exposed by people cutting back scrub, something that is, in fact, illegal during bird-nesting season. A BTO-nest-recording birder friend has advised that this is a Blackcap nest. He says: ‘The male builds a few “cock” nests before [the] final site is chosen. Hoping that was one!’ I hope so too.

220420 blackcap nest

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143/366 The des res

22 Friday May 2020

Posted by sconzani in birds, nature

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bird nesting spots, bird nests, birding, birdwatching, Blue tit, British birds, coal tit, odd spot to nest

Birds have some odd ideas about what constitutes their des res. Last year’s winner in the weirdest places to nest stakes was the Blue tit pair who’d chosen to raise their brood in a cigarette disposal unit on the wall of a public toilet block.

200522 blue tit nest

So far this year, the leading contenders are the Coal tits whose cheerily cheeping young are huddled cosily into an air ventilation duct underneath a local church.

200522 coal tit nest

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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