Wednesday 21 March 2012

When The Red, Red Robin…

trunkingBob had loads of white plastic ‘trunking’ in the garage – the stuff you use to enclose cables when you are wiring up PA systems, TVs etc. He uses it a lot, so buys it in bulk as it is cheaper. But it is a pain to store! It comes in 2 metre lengths and it flops all over the place.

DSCF3431Then he realised that he also had a spare length of plastic drainpipe. Being an intelligent and creative bloke, he fixed the pipe to the fence alongside the garage, and it became a useful, accessible trunking store.

At the weekend, we realised that whenever we went out to the garage, a robin appeared!DSCF3434DSCF3435

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Judging by the leaves and twigs hanging out of the far end of the pipe, we suspect that there may be a nest in there.

I took this photo with the zoom – I am not getting any closer as I don’t want to disrupt anything!

Bob will not be able to install any cables for a little while, methinks!

Do you have any birds nesting in your garden?

And have they found any unconventional homes?

3 comments:

  1. Oh, this is going to be so exciting!
    (You know I'm clapping my hands and grinning don't you?!)
    Jane x

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  2. Fabulous. I think J may have ' Robins' Nest' envy! Not the series with Richard O'Sullivan either! We had blackbirds nest in the tree in the front garden at the old house, but the young were predated by a cat- it was very sad - Mr and Mrs Blackbird fought valiantly but to no avail one evening. Just before we moved last year we had blackbirds build a nest in the ivy which covered the fences in the back garden - these fledged just before we moved - we felt very lucky to have seen them grow and leave the nest before we left the house.I'm looking forward to progress reports on your robins.

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  3. We had a blackbird nesting in the garden last year - it was a great excuse not to cut back that bush!

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