Spring Watch ๐ฆ from your living room or garden ๐
I've had the privilege of watching crows build a nest near the top of a tree from my top floor windows. It took about a fortnight to weave sticks into a basket.
I read that these birds mate for life and build more than one nest in case one is not viable but they have decided to settle here ๐
Mrs Crow has been sitting on it since last weekend - she lays one blue egg a day though I can't see into the nest. It's lined with white fur and meant to be big enough for the chicks until they fledge but I don't think many will fit. There's also not much canopy above her so she keeps getting bombed by other crows! I don't know if they are trying to steal eggs or mate with her and Mr Crow can be a bit slow to get here ๐
Four weeks later, I can see and hear at least two chicks. Both parents are feeding and the canopy now hides them so I can only see them when the wind is blowing. They are quieter versions of their very noisy parents.
Springwatch returns to our screens later this month!
What can YOU see from your living room or garden this Spring?
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This sounds lovelyย @WhatThe! Have you seen the little babies yet?
From my living room I can only see my neighbours unfortunately! But from my garden I can see a really big mountain and it's always so nice to see that get brighter and greener each Spring/Summer๐
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We had two magpies building a nest for a few days in this tree at the bottom of my garden. @WhatThe
Then they just left and took some of the twigs with them. Which was a shame.
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I can see two bobbing about flapping wings already but it's getting harder by the day to see inside the tree.
Watching these sycamores sprout lime green splashes every year makes me so happy, too! They will soon screen my opposite neighbours which also makes me happy ๐
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Bluebell, perhaps the magpies will return next year when the shrub is taller and hides the nest.. One of our gardening experts or birdwatchers might know. Thank you for sharing and happy Spring to you!
("Which was a shame." I can't help but think of the Fast Show here ๐)
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magpies will usually have numerous nests on the go and will pick the one most unseen by predators they are very clever birds
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I did wonder @WhatThe when I saw how exposed the nest was. Perhaps next year.
Happy Spring to you too.
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Thank you. I did not know that.
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My neighbours moan about the noise the magpies make, but tbh, I prefer that to their whinging!
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haha they are rather vocal
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๐ magpies, crows and parrakeets here and I'd choose their noise any day!
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Lots of pidgeons and seagulls
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I forgot about the noisy seagulls and screeching squirrels ๐ฟ๏ธ and frolicking foxes ๐ฆ I love it here.
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I draw the line at herring gulls, they made my life a misery when I lived in another Angus coastal town, where the harbour is now called a 'marina'!
The monstrous herring gulls prefer kebab meat and household food waste to fish these days sadly, and street lights allow them to feed 24/7. We are so kind to them!
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