StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: nest

nbx - nest cup {1 of 2}

nbx - nest cup {1 of 2}

StoneRoad2013
30 Apr 2022 18
Long abandoned nest [cup] found displaced from the support branches and hidden in ivy during the winter, only retrieved for an image in late April. Tucked it back near where it was found with some hay. Was made from roots, mud and may have had some grass as a lining - probably a blackbird or thrush, as Turdus sp breed freely around here.
nbx - nest cup {2 of 2}

nbx - nest cup {2 of 2}

StoneRoad2013
30 Apr 2022 19
Long abandoned nest [cup] found displaced from the support branches and hidden in ivy during the winter, only retrieved for an image in late April. Tucked it back near where it was found with some hay. Was made from roots, mud and may have had some grass as a lining - probably a blackbird or thrush, as Turdus sp breed freely around here.
O&S(meme) - baby spanners

O&S(meme) - baby spanners

StoneRoad2013
01 Feb 2022 72
This gave me a good laugh ... Not my Image : fair use & public entertainment
oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {1 of 5}

oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {1 of 5}

StoneRoad2013
25 Oct 2021 1 69
Not well-focused close-up of a small wasp's nest on the top edge of an "up and over" garage door. I think that you can just make out the patterning - which shows different materials were sourced for that building session. Sadly, I think the inhabitants have all died.
oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {2 of 5}

oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {2 of 5}

StoneRoad2013
25 Oct 2021 68
Not well-focused close-up of a small wasp's nest on the top edge of an "up and over" garage door. I think that you can just make out the patterning - which shows different materials were sourced for that building session. Sadly, I think the inhabitants have all died.
oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {3 of 5}

oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {3 of 5}

StoneRoad2013
25 Oct 2021 73
Close-up of another small wasp's nest on the top edge of an "up and over" garage door. Sadly, I think the inhabitants have all died.
oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {4 of 5}

oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {4 of 5}

StoneRoad2013
25 Oct 2021 80
Side view of the larger wasp's nest on the garage door. Sadly, I think all the residents have died.
oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {5 of 5}

oaw[b&w] - wasp nest {5 of 5}

StoneRoad2013
25 Oct 2021 63
Close-up of a wasp's nest on the garage door. The patterning of the layers isn't quite as clear as I had hoped, although the patina of the galvanizing has shown up nicely.
twb[23] - not gulls but pigeons

twb[23] - not gulls but pigeons

StoneRoad2013
30 Aug 2023 123
So much for the anti-bird netting. This pair of pigeons have managed to construct their nest on top of the wire netting, and tread down another area as a landing / off nest zone. . That white door is the LOCKED fire exit from the cafe.
oaw - Mrs Swallow

oaw - Mrs Swallow

StoneRoad2013
11 Jul 2023 5 3 117
Mrs Swallow [Hirundo rustica]. Sitting on eggs ... or maybe brooding nestlings. [picture taken with flash on a sneak visit]. We've tried not to disturb her, not always successfully, but she obviously wasn't too bothered, as some youngsters fledged a few days later, maybe around a week. Soon seen swooping around after insects.
oaw - nest eggs

oaw - nest eggs

StoneRoad2013
26 May 2023 1 86
Pretty sure these are blackbird eggs. MrsB just flew off for a comfort break, that's how I knew where she was ! and so I'm confident that I hadn't disturbed her sitting. I didn't go near the nest again, so no idea how well they faired - we still have several juveniles floating about ...
oad(g&h) - egg box fun

oad(g&h) - egg box fun

StoneRoad2013
10 Jun 2021 75
Another batch of pups having fun with an old egg box, some wood shavings and straw / hay. ... [gerbils chomp all the time, which keeps their teeth in good order]
hin[22] - nest egg ?

hin[22] - nest egg ?

StoneRoad2013
20 Jul 2022 84
Unfortunately, this nest and the two eggs have been abandoned, possibly, may have been wood pigeons ? [Taken with zoom from a fair distance away, after several days checking - from a concealed position - whether the birds concerned had left the nest site : because I never saw them over that period, I'm guessing that it was pigeons].
oaw[HH] - I'm off to bed

oaw[HH] - I'm off to bed

StoneRoad2013
21 Sep 2013 2 3 792
After snacks - dried mealworms (an early breakfast to us, but late supper for her!) off to bed, and snoring in short order.
oaw[HH] - intricate nest

oaw[HH] - intricate nest

StoneRoad2013
21 Sep 2013 1 2 539
We've been looking after another young hedgehog - but one with nest building skills. This is straw, hay and newspaper strips twisted together.
rbb - 1 nest

rbb - 1 nest

StoneRoad2013
07 Aug 2013 561
I was trying to capture the contents of a nest, but the camera and window glass refuse to co-operate. see note. Two nights after I took this we had a thunderstorm and torrential rain, the adult male and the smaller of the two nestlings were already dead, but the larger.........