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  1. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    Having a great time just watching great * in a nesting box at girlfriends, it really helps my mental health just watching them continually feeding their young.

    ANYONE KNOW if I should clean out the nesting box and if so when (I don’t know if birds will shelter in it over winter but also don’t want it infested by mites/fleas etc from this years brood)
     
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  4. Idioteque I’ll laugh until my head comes off

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    lol I wish , Kew Gardens London
     
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    Cider will know better but I'm not sure you should clean it , I have a box that sparrows nest in and they do shelter over winter , @cidermaster will be able to advise you mate .
     
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  9. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    You are spot on Scotia you do need to give them a good clean after the breeding season. Best months to do it is October or November:50:
     
  10. cidermaster Gold Member Gold Member

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    The Male Blackbird who lives in my garden. He lost a good portion of his tail a couple of weeks ago , most probably escaping from a Sparrowhawk or Cat?
    But he his doing fine and singing as well as ever as well as doing a fine job looking after his 2nd brood this year with his mate:49:
     
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    This will please my Good Friend
    My first Common Blue Butterfly Of The Year seen on Thursday:84:
     
  12. Scotia Gold Member Gold Member

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    I have a Blackbird that has shadowed me Cider as I have gardened since the spring getting worms as I was digging
    borders . Was great having such close contact ... but lately it has turned up with a chick and it blinkin digs for worms among the newly planted bedding flowers uprooting them arrrrrgh !! gotta live with it though .
     
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    No pics, but saw a deer at back of the garden I was in at a BBQ at old Drumchapel. Beautiful.
     
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    I , too, have a male Blackbird living in my back garden good friend. I absolutely love watching him looking for food. I love the colour of a male Blackbird's beak , stunningly beautiful yellow.
     
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    A few from Colgagh Lough early this morning, it was very quiet compared to my previous visits, apart from the Swan family there was 1 little Grebe, a pair of Mallards and 1 Egret.
     
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    Hopefully I can get some advise from those of you who are knowledgeable on things like this. As some of you know, I was lucky enough to have a pair of Coal * nest in my bird box a few weeks ago and it's been amazing to see just how hard the parents work to bring food to their young. Anyway, on Sunday one of the chicks was lying dead about 10 feet from the bird box and it really upset my wife and I. So, does anyone know as to why one of the chicks died and why was it about 10feet from the bird box. We have some cats roaming about and seagulls who have been attacking the pigeons however, the dead chick didn't have any visible signs of attack and does anyone know how long it will take for the remaining chicks to leave the nest?
     
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    Hi m8. I posted this below the other day looking for some advice. Hope you can help me with it.

    Hopefully I can get some advise from those of you who are knowledgeable on things like this. As some of you know, I was lucky enough to have a pair of Coal * nest in my bird box a few weeks ago and it's been amazing to see just how hard the parents work to bring food to their young. Anyway, on Sunday one of the chicks was lying dead about 10 feet from the bird box and it really upset my wife and I. So, does anyone know as to why one of the chicks died and why was it about 10feet from the bird box. We have some cats roaming about and seagulls who have been attacking the pigeons however, the dead chick didn't have any visible signs of attack and does anyone know how long it will take for the remaining chicks to leave the nest?
     
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