Great place for a nest - they've got it tapped!

[tigger]

I was quite surprised to hear "cheeping" coming from a tap when I visited my local cemetery looking for orchids.

This video clip shows you what I found:

Old Cemetery - blue tit nest | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Cheeky little bluetits! They make me smile.

Jane

[david156]

They're great little characters.

[faz]

i saw a blue tit nest in an ash tray in a local pub the type you put on a wall low down tits had made a nest with five young in it when i saw it pub manager had put a note on the front of it to stop any one using it

[kathateria]

Very resourceful!

[solus]

On the BBC News website today:
BBC News - Blue tits make nest in a Cambridgeshire ashtray

"Staff from Brampton Parish Council in Cambridgeshire noticed the birds taking an interest in the ashtray in April.
When they discovered a nest inside, they took the decision to move it higher up the wall, in the hope that the birds would return and breed.
The ashtray is now home to four blue tit chicks and their parents.
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Valerie Osborne from the RSPB said that ashtrays were often chosen because they resembled nesting boxes.
"Blue tits have little or no sense of smell," she said.
"They don't know what the cigarette butts are, and probably think of them as comfy nesting material." "

[tigger]

Thanks for your comments! Lovely to hear your bird nest stories!

Jane

[actionfinch]

brilliant little birds...easily over looked i think