Up at the Big House

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The Blackbirds nest which had the hatchlings stolen was well and truly abandoned. I needed to trim the shrub so I removed the nest.

Right Click on Picture and select View Image for full size.

It was time to check the Teabag construction. I counted them as I dismantled the nest, at least 60 bags.

As for the thief who ate the chicks, I often see a Magpie around. Yesterday I spotted something odd on my shed roof. It looks as if the egg (a hens egg) was pierced at one end in order to carry it away for consumption.

There are those who consider my blog a place for free advertising, I have stopped some, some are more persistent, just like the Pests we get in the Garden.
So let us use them to negatively advertise their cheap counterfeit junk.
Boycott counterfeit goods. People involved have been found to be linked to crime and the drug trade.

http://www.thewholesaler.co.uk/html/yorkshire_police_link_fake_goo.html

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday.
This is the end
Of Solomon Grundy.

I was trimming some shrubs on Tuesday and spotted a Blackbirds nest deep inside one, naturally I curtailed the trimming.
It was difficult to see inside the nest on Wednesday when I took the picture.
On Thursday I could tell there were 4 maybe 5 eggs.
On Friday in the morning a chick had hatched, by afternoon it was several. Also in the afternoon I disturbed a Magpie on the fence nearby.
On Saturday morning the nest was empty.

The nest was built using many composted tea bags of course. This episode adds evidence that the species balance is distorted. There are far too many Crows and Magpies encouraged by copious feeding in some gardens. They sit on the chimneys and watch the activities of the garden species.

We still have a Sparrows nest under construction and the Tits have been back to the nest they seemed to have completed a month ago.

The Mason Bee Video does not give a good clear view of the creatures, the picture here shows a Male taking a rest between seeing off others and the occasional fight.

I not sure of the species maybe Black Mason. They are not terrible Bee like and could easily be mistaken for flies.