Birds Nests And Eggs Thread

[steve66 3,402]

Heard my first cuckoo last friday

[pip1968 2,490]

ffs darcy youve been busy great photos mate must have took while to find them well done mate

[johnny boy68 11,726]

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

 

 

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

Meadow pipit I would say.

 

TC

 

Mistle Thrush.

[Tiercel 6,986]

 

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

 

 

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

Meadow pipit I would say.

 

TC

 

Mistle Thrush.

 

I cocked up there big time.

 

TC

[pip1968 2,490]

 

 

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

 

 

johnny what nest is that with the 5 eggs in as i never seen one before but having a guess is it some sort of pippit

Meadow pipit I would say.

 

TC

 

Mistle Thrush.

 

I cocked up there big time.

 

TC

 

[pip1968 2,490]

tiercel you cant get a perspective on the size from a photo and the colour looks wrong as iv had plenty of mistlethrush eggs but for some reason they look different and look like their reddish in colour its still baffling me tbh

[J Darcy 5,871]

Here goes.

 

1. Tufted duck

2. Redleg Partridge

3. Skylark

4. Coot

5. Sparrow Hawk

6. Lapwing

7. Blackbird

8. Songthrush

9. Red Grouse

10. not sure but I think it may be a Linnet.

 

????

 

TC

7/10

[johnny boy68 11,726]

tiercel you cant get a perspective on the size from a photo and the colour looks wrong as iv had plenty of mistlethrush eggs but for some reason they look different and look like their reddish in colour its still baffling me tbh

Dead right pip, its always hard to get scale with a pic. I've seen Mistle Thrush eggs that are almost fully red/brown and seen them without hardly any speckling on too.

[pip1968 2,490]

 

tiercel you cant get a perspective on the size from a photo and the colour looks wrong as iv had plenty of mistlethrush eggs but for some reason they look different and look like their reddish in colour its still baffling me tbh

Dead right pip, its always hard to get scale with a pic. I've seen Mistle Thrush eggs that are almost fully red/brown and seen them without hardly any speckling on too.

 

This species lays three to five eggs, which are pale blue to bluish-green, with reddish-brown and purplish spots. The eggs hatch after around 12 to 15 days, and the young mistle thrushes fledge at 14 to 16 days old, although they remain dependent on the adults for a further 15 to 20 days. The breeding pair may raise a second brood in the same season, with the male often taking responsibility for the care of the young while the female lays the second clutch. The mistle thrush has lived to an impressive 21 years in the wild (

[Tiercel 6,986]

tiercel you cant get a perspective on the size from a photo and the colour looks wrong as iv had plenty of mistlethrush eggs but for some reason they look different and look like their reddish in colour its still baffling me tbh

It wasn't that, I cocked up thinking the first photo had 5 eggs and did not go back to check when I answered your question. Funnily enough I have never found a Mistle thrushes nest nor did I know of anyone that had. Yet I was brought up in a similar valley to Johnny.

 

TC

[johnny boy68 11,726]

 

tiercel you cant get a perspective on the size from a photo and the colour looks wrong as iv had plenty of mistlethrush eggs but for some reason they look different and look like their reddish in colour its still baffling me tbh

It wasn't that, I cocked up thinking the first photo had 5 eggs and did not go back to check when I answered your question. Funnily enough I have never found a Mistle thrushes nest nor did I know of anyone that had. Yet I was brought up in a similar valley to Johnny.

 

TC

 

Theres always been Mistle Thrushes in my area T, them blackbirds and songy's were always the nests we'd find as kids.

[Tiercel 6,986]

I had my second outing nesting this afternoon. Another disaster, I did find a couple of wrens nests but not one that was being used. Funny how some simple things I had forgotten about come back to you. Like if your looking for water birds wear fecking wellies I did see a grey wagtail with building material, and spent an hour trying to capture a photo of a dipper, they never stay in one place more than a couple of seconds, after I seen it seeing off a Carrion Crow I know roughly the area the nests will be in, but no fecking wellies to have a good look.

 

First good looking spot for a wren.

 

 

But no luck just a last years Song Thrush and Wren.

 

 

 

A bit further up the brook and another likely place.

 

 

This time a new nest

 

 

But not been lined unfortunately. The male Wren builds the carcasses of many nests then invites his female to pick one, she will then line the nest she has picked. However, that is not the end of it, as he will try and show other females the nests that are left and they sometimes accept a nest. A male Wren has been known to have up to three different females in his nests.

 

TC

[Parabuteos lad 878]

No nests but I seen a cuckoo in warrington last week and heard one in Hereford 2 days ago

[Parabuteos lad 878]

Know of quite a few nests this year though, my first red kite nest but can't see it staying both times I've seen it it's been having trouble off ravens

[Tiercel 6,986]

1. Tufted duck

2. Redleg Partridge Grey Partridge

3. Skylark Meadow Pipit

4. Coot Moorhen

5. Sparrow Hawk

6. Lapwing

7. Blackbird

8. Songthrush

9. Red Grouse

10. not sure but I think it may be a Linnet.

 

?

 

TC