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23-06-2016, 09:19 PM
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There has just been a short flurry of activity, with three or four adults flying around the nest site. One perched where the nest had been, and I wondered if rebuilding was about to begin. But they've gone off again now.
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23-06-2016, 10:59 PM
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Tragedy

When I went to check on my little lodgers this morning the nest had fallen and there was no sign of young or parents. I'm feeling a little bereft.

I fear that they will not return but live in hope that another nest may be built.
Aww... that's a shame Ania do you think the young would have had any chance of survival?
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23-06-2016, 11:21 PM
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Im wondering if a predator got too the nest.
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24-06-2016, 12:52 PM
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You could be right, Nom. What would the most likely predators be? I've seen some adults flying around this morning, but so far no attempt at rebuilding.

Mags, no chance of survival of the young, I'd say, as not fledged yet.
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24-06-2016, 05:44 PM
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Magpies and Crows, squirrels are nest robbers as are woodpeckers, but im not sure how many woodpeckers are in Ireland.
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13-07-2016, 11:06 AM
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Maybe some good news! This morning there were two young perched on my gutter, being fed by several adults. So it could be that they survived and fledged before the nest fell.
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Maybe some good news! This morning there were two young perched on my gutter, being fed by several adults. So it could be that they survived and fledged before the nest fell.
I hope they are the same two who mysteriously 'disappeared' Ania, it was upsetting thinking of what may of happened to them...
 
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