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Post by Delilah on May 13, 2019 11:26:24 GMT
Not quite in our own garden but our neighbours have yet again got a mud nest in the apex of their roof... last year it sadly fell down and all babes were lost. All hoping this time the parents have used better glue!
Both parents flying in non stop... they saw me crouched down on the ground with the camera and one of them dived very close to my head.. but after that they continued with the flying in and out!
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Post by elle on May 13, 2019 18:57:48 GMT
Beautiful birds and nest is a fantastic creation, love them Elle xx
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Post by Delilah on May 14, 2019 5:59:43 GMT
6.30am - Heard a bit of a commotion and looked up - a starling was mobbing the house martin nest. The parents were going crazy swooping madly at the starling which looked as if it was tying to squeeze into the nest itself, certainly it was making repeated attempts to get at the nest.
The odd thing was, the starling was being swooped on by 3 other house martins, I assumed the 2 parents and a 'friend' but after it had flown away, there was the head of a parent showing in the nest.. so another pair must have joined forces, but I cannot see another martin nest anywhere.
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Post by WildlifePaul on May 14, 2019 9:25:02 GMT
Gorgeous pictures Delilah!
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Post by kevin on May 24, 2019 15:41:40 GMT
Lovely pictures Delilah, their nests are a work of art. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Delilah on May 27, 2019 19:39:54 GMT
The babies have flown, actually well over a week ago. Since then there has been a fair amount of activity with at least 4 martins flying up to the nest, flapping about and making a noise but not going in.
Today our neighbour told us he found the nest all broken on the ground with one broken egg in it. We do not know if a second brood was going to happen - sadly not now though.
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