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So some of you may remember this thread from last year where I posted images of a Robin's nest in my garden shed. Well this year we have a Blackbird's nest just outside it!
Ironically it's on top of the bird box rather than inside it. There are 5 eggs (one is out of shot in the photo below).
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Pics of the babies when they've hatched please! :D
Looks like you got free eggs for breakfast
Oh wow, they must love your garden, i never see any nests around here :(.
Only thing i see is rats when i walk on my way to college.
Haha funny how they chose to build on top of the bird box rather than inside it. :L
Keep us posted with updates and when they hatch! :D
haha wow! The best we get in blackpool is bloody seagulls, and they attack you if you go anywhere near it! It was hell last year when we had a nest on our roof, we couldn't go in the back garden!
It's horrible isn't it they're actually huge nowadaysQuote:
Originally Posted by Lovelife
Ikr they're massive! But me and my dad tease them so its are own fault if we get hurt :$Quote:
Originally Posted by Slowpoke
You are a very very lucky person.. Free scrambled eggs!
Pics when they hatch please :O I've never been up close to a nest :(
Blackbirds are annoying, they constantly yap yap yap yap yap.
But your lucky to get so close to the nest. As the others said, sneak your camera in when the eggs have hatched!
Aww! That's so cute :P Yeahhhh, try and get some pictures once they've hatched :D I don't think I've ever seen a real birds nest up close like that.. how odd.
AWWWWW
That's pretty cool. We had a robin's nest in our trees last year :o What is that roof made of btw?!
Generic waterproof shed lining. Theres a large plant growing ontop of it tho xDQuote:
Originally Posted by myke
haha, i bet they make alot of noise?
Hmm birds how I hate them though your lucky you get to view them.
You are very lucky! I love the sound of the blackbird song.
Hey catz do you think you could take the pics out of the spoilers please? When they're in spoilers it means they aren't auto-resized to fit within the post area.
Sorted. :D Can't wait for the eggs to hatch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuto
Got a better shot of the nest, turns out there are only 4 eggs. The mother flew off before I could get a pic of it unfortunately.
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Ooo Ive just remembered that a few years back some blackbirds got into my roof right above my bedroom and ended up waking me up very early in the morning. ;l I watched the mother fly in and out with food, I watched them learning to fly and then I eventually saw them fly away. ;')
Unfortunately my dad blocked it off so they never came back.
Pls post some pics when they hatch hehe. They'll be cute when they are out of the eggs
Are they on the inside or the outside, its not that clear - it does look a large nest.
We had a small nest built on the trelace a year or so ago which i've left there, only discovered it when I was clearing the years mistletoe from the trelace months later though so i'd missed them all along. I noticed a few weeks ago, two doves trying to build a nest behind the sky dish which ended in failure after about three days work attempting it. :P
They've hatched, will try and get some pics later.