Robin Box

[geordie1970]

I had an old bird box in the shed so i made a large gap in the front and put it under the clematis and forgot about it however I was cutting the clematis back today and a Robin has nested in it it has 3 eggs I didn;t think they would be laying this early.

[shei111]

Hello geordie, That so nice to find a nest unexpectantly like that , the seasons are changing the birds are nesting earlier and the buds in the garden are shooting everywhere, what a lovely time of year. Ive got a blue tit taking nesting material in and I also thought it much to early to nest. Lovely eh.

[Kayleigh]

I have had robins in my box for the first time this year. Yesterday they were taking nesting materiel from my unkempt pond into it.

[juliejam]

Unfortunately last yr a pair of robins nested in a low bush infront of my wood pile ...it was some time before my cats noticed this but it wasnt long soon after the robins left leaving 3 eggs behide never to return...Well this yr they are back so i have placed a robin nest box in a tree above the wood pile Ive had every bird pay it a visit even a squirrel gave it the once over..but the robins have shown interest within the wood pile this time...Im hoping they will nest a little higher giving them a better chance of raising a family..


Julie

[tigger]

It must be a day for robin nests today. I found one in the laurel hedge in my garden. I wouldn't have known but the robin was making such a noise while I stood by the hedge, that I realised he must have a nest. And low and behold... there it was at eye level, wedged into a bend in the laurel. I will have to keep and eye on it. No eggs yet... but they are only just building it. Jane

[witham]

Robins can nest in just about anything or anywhere, we've had some nesting in the garage/workshop for the last couple of years, one year they built a nest amongst some engine bits on a shelf in an old kitchen cabinet and brought off three young, the next on another shelf amongst other bits and bobs, we make sure a window is kept ajar so they can get in and out and put extra Blackbird and Robin mix plus a dish of water out for them as well. They used to say if you put an old teapot or similar in a hedge they will sometimes nest in it as long as its put so that it doesn't fill up with water .

[Lance Morgan]

I have a Robin Box and a Tit box in my garden which is small. I am not sure if they will be occupied together because Robins are strongly territorial.

[Elizabeth B]

Originally Posted by Lance Morgan

I have a Robin Box and a Tit box in my garden which is small. I am not sure if they will be occupied together because Robins are strongly territorial.

A few years ago we found a robin's nest in a box we'd put in the hedge 3 or 4 years earlier and by the time we realised it was there, the female was incubating and four young fledged in due course. Only a couple of metres away in the hedge was a silver birch tree where one of our camera boxes was positioned, and that was in use too (and there was a successful brood of bluetits).

[geordie1970]

Originally Posted by Lance Morgan

I have a Robin Box and a Tit box in my garden which is small. I am not sure if they will be occupied together because Robins are strongly territorial.

I hope so I've had Blue Tits every year and the Robin box is only about three yards away.

[geordie1970]

Well the Eggs hatched but yesterday morning they succumbed to catsI was deeply disappointed as it had not happened long before I got home I saw the dead chicks lying underneath the box.With the weather being the way it is I thought they may start over and it looked that way as they were back and forth to the nest but this morning the nest had been "yanked" out of the box and there were no signs of the Robins.