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N Essex nests Mar 29, 2020 13:33:23 GMT WildlifePaul likes this

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Post by essexnests on Mar 29, 2020 13:33:23 GMT

Hello

Great to see this forum. Been away a few years as moved house, but boxes up and running again now. Well we have just checked our camera and have 2 boxes with nesting material.

One looks really good & is clearly active, but one is, although full of material, also absolutely full of poo. I’ve never seen this before, has anyone got any idea why this would be? A rival messing it (literally) up? A nest started ad then being used as a roost? Never seen it before as nests are usually pretty clean... thanks!!

Good luck with all your nesters misc_crossed

Michelle

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sammi Loyal Yearly Member Posts: 1,572	N Essex nests Mar 29, 2020 14:09:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sammi on Mar 29, 2020 14:09:24 GMT back Michelle. The messy nest box is something I've never seen either. Maybe a male taking over the box to roost in?
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WildlifePaul Administrator Posts: 3,027	N Essex nests Mar 29, 2020 14:13:45 GMT essexnests likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WildlifePaul on Mar 29, 2020 14:13:45 GMT Welcome to the forum Michelle, Look forward to seeing your updates!
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petesbox Full Time Member Posts: 733	N Essex nests Mar 29, 2020 14:23:56 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by petesbox on Mar 29, 2020 14:23:56 GMT Probably a messy male winter rooster Michelle, and welcome.

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N Essex nests Mar 30, 2020 8:50:44 GMT

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Post by greatbluehopeful on Mar 30, 2020 8:50:44 GMT

Welcome Michelle - a few years back I had a similar experience in my Aldi box. The one time I came close to having a nest built at my old house, they had started building in an extremely messy box.

But I never found out what the outcome of having such a messy box was as in my ignorance, and with the excitement of seeing a nest being built I interfered with the box location, as I thought it was too close to my back door.

I moved it over a few metres, but they never came back. I learned a valuable lesson that year too and paid for it seems every year since....they never had any interest at all!!!

Anyway, best of luck.

Set up for 2020:
Box 1: East Top view - Blue tit nest started 6th March, abandoned on 8th April. Queen wasp started nest 19th April - Evicted 21st April.
Box 2: North Side view - no interest at all. Queen wasp started nest 13th April - Evicted 15th April - Large Spider now living there
Box 3: East Top view - old Aldi box. - Great Tit nest started 19th April - 1st egg 30th April - 3 total - all 3 hatched 16th May, all 3 fledged 5th June.
Garden Wildlife camera - 5th May - lucky dip!

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N Essex nests Mar 30, 2020 11:46:04 GMT

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Post by suep on Mar 30, 2020 11:46:04 GMT

Hi Michelle, could the material be old from a previous year and you’ve had a messy male rooster over winter leaving all his mess about, or do you know this is a new nest? Only asking because I still have a messy rooster and though I had a couple start to bring in material the rooster still continues to come every night and I am worried he is putting off my possible tenants for this year. Hope yours gets sorted and you at least get one nest. misc_crossed

Sue

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