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07-02-2011, 07:50 PM
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| | | Nests
Has anyone been looking at nests lately - what with the leaves of the trees still, I have been trying to work out what different nests are. Some are easy - like Magpies and Rook nests for example...
What nest is this one? I think it is Collared Dove? 
This nest is right next to a river however, |
07-02-2011, 08:05 PM
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I would say the main probability is a woodpigeon,i have seen some nests with hardly any twigs ,others with quite a few. However i once saw a moorhen sat on a nest in an overhanging tree above a lake although i think its nest was more substantial.There are suprisingly not many other possibilities.Most of the thrushes/blackbirds have neat smaller nests,corvids are bigger nests. |
07-02-2011, 08:07 PM
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Both Woodpigeon and Collared Dove nests have that very unkempt, loose knit appearance - cant be sure, but Collared Dove would be my main thought too.
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07-02-2011, 08:09 PM
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That untidy, precariously balanced nest looks so typical of Collared Dove.
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07-02-2011, 08:19 PM
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My woodpigeon's nest in the front garden looks the same. I'm amazed that it has stayed up in the tree in the recent gales even though it look like a bunch of sticks balanced on the branch. | | |
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