Mistle Thrushes in my garden with three 3 chicks. Keep attacking me when I get out of my car on the driveway Its amazing where they are getting all their food from-visiting the nest every 10 minutes or so with beak-fulls of food.

dunnocks with young now in my garden, one of the young robins fledged in next doors garden was found dead on his lawn, neighbour thinks his dog got it

Long-tailed tits nesting in garden carrying food into tree today.

keep birding.

According to BWP, Greenfinches do sometimes nest in neighbourhood groups of 4-6 pairs with no territory defended as such. They just defend immediate nest area. Must say I've never witnessed it. Collared Doves are less likley to nest close together and do defend a territory.

is it true greenfinches nest in large groups or do they sometimes nest in single pairs?
the reason i ask is that we have a pair of greenfinches who seem to spend a lot of time in the neighbours leylandii, we never see them together and wonder if thats because one is on the nest? we also think that their are 2 collared doves in the same tree nesting as they spend all their time in there!

A pair of Goldfinches having a tug-o-war over nesting material with a Starling in garden this PM. Goldfinches won.

Dunnocks nesting at the bottom of my garden, spent friday planting potatos and was in and out of the house. the male was very restless like a typical expectant father and was constantly changing singing posts [ our roof, and next doors silver birch ].

Oh dear, the Bluetits don't seemed to have fancied our boxes then this year and we haven't done anything different with where they are or changed the layout of the garden
Gonna have to wait another full year now to see if spring 2010 is our year

John and Jan

Starlings collecting nesting material in garden today and going in eaves of the roof across the road
Also collected some animal fur today on my travels and put it in a empty nut feeder didnt take long for Blue Tits to come and take it for there nest

3 young Robins fledged in next doors garden dunnock with 4 eggs in mine

Put a collared Dove chick back in its nest today in Eccles.

Two Goldcrest in garden this morning one carrying nesting material.


keep birding

Fledged young woodpigeon in my Swinton garden yesterday. Must have started nesting in early February!

-- Edited by Steve Christmas on Monday 6th of April 2009 05:59:20 AM

Robins, dunnocks, blackbirds, and Long tailed Tits, also got a pair of Coal tits very active and on the feeders alot, but not seen then with any nesting material.

keep birding.

Robins nest building in the ivy and ripping up moss from all over the garden, blackbirds ripping up what ever moss the robins haven't and making mud pies in the pond. I think dunnocks are considering nest building but the robins keep chasing them and sparrows and great tits are taking beakfulls of sheeps' wool for their nests. I love spring.

I hope all you guys are sending all this stuff to the BTO Nest Record Scheme!

Cheers, Steve

Magpies have built a nest - I suspect the female is currently laying.

Song Thrush has built a nest which has since been abandoned - not sure why.

A friend of mine has some ferel pigeons nesting in a planter on the balcony of his flat in Old Trafford, they hatched last week.

Robins have 3 chicks in next doors garden according to my neighbour, just hope they'll be ok

Treecreeper nest-building in the side of the house

Starlings in the eaves. Blue tits keep visiting the boxes including the one with the camera in but are not building a nest yet. A pair of Woodpigeons have built a very well hidden nest in the Ivy which covers an old birch tree in the next garden.

Starlings and Blue Tits in the eaves and Robin in box.

2pr House Sparrows collecting feathers this morning in the garden

Robin on eggs in next doors garden shed, sitting for over a week now. Dunnock building in my garden

Carrion Crows have built a nest but I don't think she's laid eggs yet, as the two birds are either perched next to the nest or are busy chasing Magpies away.

Great Tit in and out of nestbox but not started buidling yet.

House Sparrows collecting nest material and disappearing into my roofspace, but again I don't think they are on eggs yet, as the females are still hanging around the hedge.

Magpie has built at the top of our pine tree and I think she is sitting, house sparrow using nestbox, wren lined a wicker pocket (not found a mate yet), great tit interested in another box but gets barracked by blue tit nesting in next doors garden. The blackbirds have paired up so probable nest in shrub down the side of the house and the othes will probably nest in next doors on the other side, I think the robin also nests in this garden also. A squirrel has built a drey in our other pine tree so there could be fun and games at some time.

Mike

Blue Tits in & out of one of the boxes they used last year (pic on my blog!)
Pair of Robins nest building in the Yucca (again)
Pair of Blackbirds collecting a couple of weeks ago, so probably finninshed.

cheers
jason

Last years Blackbirds are back in our/neighbours garden, been building nest for last few weeks. Also Robins seem to be in the Holly Bush along with the Dunnocks.
Magpies, Collared Doves and Wood Pigeons all been seen carrying nesting material out of the front garden and finally our Wren seems to be in the front Fir Tree again along with another pair of Dunnocks.

Also veiwable from our front window, Robins, Mistle Thrushes seem to be preparing nest on and around William Wroe Golf Course, Urmston and most days 2 or 3 GSW are spotted and heared hammering away, so they must be about to.

Steve

Hi all. Does anyone yet have any birds nesting or starting to build a nest in their boxes or garden areas?? We have a box up and Bluetits used it last spring and they managed five out of seven chicks to fledge. The same box is up, nothing else as altered and no signs of interest as yet! Am I being to quick to expect anything yet?? Sumo