Armour plated nests !!

[Dean Lofthouse]

Came across this magpies nest today, never seen owt like it in my chuff !

 

The nest was mainly made from stainless steel cavity wall ties and green chainlink fencing, imagine that going through the chipper ?

 

Look at it carefully and you'll see the metal work. The more you look the more metal work you'll pick out.

 

One of the peices of chainlink was 2ft long, how the bird flew with that in its gob is amazing.

 

This Magpie must have heard it was me doing the hedge and been shot at by me before

[Joe]

lol that nest didn't want a saw through it or to be chipped

[nepia]

This Magpie must have heard it was me doing the hedge and been shot at by me before

 

 

 

...been taking lessons from Portacabin Protection plc!

[treewizard]

probably cut his nest down before and this time he thought rite stick this in your pipe and smoke it!!

[Mesterh]

I remember taking about 6 leylandii out that was right next to a construction site, everyone had nests in that must have been 90% cavity wall ties like the ones in your photo. There would have been a good half a van load of steel if we had bothered to take it away

 

Destroyed a good set of chipper blades that day though

[Graham]

Found a few bits of steel in their nests before. Probably a curse by not wishing 'good mornin' to them before I pull the trigger

[Stephen Blair]

thats nothing dean,i found a washing machine and tumble drier in a crows nest before:001_smile:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[geoff]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tHvVqeWPF8]YouTube - Leonard Cohen - Bird on a wire[/ame] Song for your find Dean,enjoy?

[John Shutler]

i came accross a pigeon nest in a macracarpa out the back of a builders merchants made of wall ties

[Dean Lofthouse]

Have you noticed how the Maggie has hooked the ends of the wall ties over branches to tie it in