HPR 1,161 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Ha ha it's about 30 inch off a marsh there's allsorts there I couldn't say what it is because I don't know enough to say the reed and sedge look quite the same don't they Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,161 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Few more 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,161 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Again not sure what they are in guessing blackbird/thrush maybe moorhen/coot There's loads of nature on this little marsh near me right at the back of my house and they've just got planning permission to build houses next to it and get rid of the marsh and put a football pitch on there . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Again not sure what they are in guessing blackbird/thrush maybe moorhen/coot There's loads of nature on this little marsh near me right at the back of my house and they've just got planning permission to build houses next to it and get rid of the marsh and put a football pitch on there . that will put paid to all the birds /creatures that live there mate ---bloody shame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jake w 232 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Can anyone identify these I thought they looked like sparrow hawk eggs but didn't think they nested in boxes also there is two plain white eggs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,161 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Look like barn owls started to lay then kestrels moved in I'm most prob wrong been wrong on everything else ha ha ha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,776 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) i read a article dont know how true it is. but the other way round a kestrel layed 4/5 eggs a barn owl moved in layed a few eggs drove the kestrel off. i think 1 kestrel chick hatched and was eaten. Edited May 28, 2015 by darbo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,776 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 FOUND THE ARTICLE 14 August 2012 Kestrel vs Barn Owl - a nesting tale The Barn Owl is by far the most commonly nest recorded owl species in the UK and Ireland (1,823 nest records in 2011, compared with 476 Tawny Owl and 143 Little Owl). The Barn Owl has benefited from all the hard work volunteers have put into increasing the number of possible nesting sites through Schedule 1 licenced nest box schemes all over the country. With the increase in nesting sites, Jackdaw, Stock Dove and Kestrel also nest in these boxes. We have just heard from Adrian Blackburn concerning a Barn Owl box that has been used by Barn Owls for the last 3 years. When this box was checked on 05/06/2012 it had 5 white Barn Owl eggs and also 4 Kestrel eggs (below) that were being incubated by a female Barn Owl. This would normally mean that the owl had evicted the female Kestrel and laid her own. However when the next check was done, there were 5 tiny Barn Owl chicks and one tiny Kestrel chick, two warm Kestrel eggs and one addled Kestrel egg. The next box check had 3 Barn Owl chicks and the unhatched Kestrel egg. As owls usually incubate from when the frst egg is laid, the owl chicks will hatch about a day apart, giving the earlier hatching chicks a better chance of survival during lean times. This is done by eating their siblings and in this case the smaller Kestrel chicks would probably be on the menu.Adrian and his team have had dual occupation in their boxes before i.e. Barn Owl / Kestrel and Barn Owl / Stock Dove but never with a Barn Owl incubating the other species eggs and hatching them out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 most definetly kestrel eggs but white eggs could belong to barn owl or even a stock dove Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Can anyone identify these I thought they looked like sparrow hawk eggs but didn't think they nested in boxes also there is two plain white eggs image.jpg that's a weird one jake, will be interesting to see what is sitting them mate,and what hatches out of them, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 bullfinch found this morning -3 chicks 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 HPR - the nest and eggs on your last two photos look like a water rail clutch of 10 to me, the previous clutch of 5 in the photo is a morrhen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HPR 1,161 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Cheers Otc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftm 3,357 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 a white throats nest found this morning in bramble alongside disused railway line 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
francolin 449 Posted May 31, 2015 Report Share Posted May 31, 2015 a few today 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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