Magpies nest ........................ A Fortress

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Has anyone come across a nest made of wire !!!!!! made up of bed springs,brick ties and fencing wire,caught me totally off guard and killed the chain on me MS150 .

About 40ft up in the Poplar that i took down today .

 

 

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[Philmypower]

I have. About 2 years ago in a blackthorn, was made out of barbed wire.

[johnanderton]

) yes we had a similar nest with brick ties in , magpies like to build a little fortress nest think they lose eggs & chicks to crows otherwise ..

 

 

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[wisecobandit]

Unusual in a poplar. Normally found in thorny bushes as a rule. Also they can line the nest with clay.

Smart little buggers when they want to be.

[hiluxstihl]

Pigeons nest in spruce, you could have built a hotel with the quantity of material

[johnanderton]

[CJM]

I've came across a nest made with brick ties I thought it was a one off as we were on a building site.

 

Clever little birds I must admit

[JLA Arborists]

I found one on a night shift. A bit of wire glinted in my headtorch. Good job as it was about to get chipped

[peatff]

I've seen them with crisp and chocolate wrappers and all sorts of junk built in. Magpies usually build in tight thorny trees like overgrown Hawthorn or Blackthorn and they put a thatch roof over the top.

[TTP]

I find they always build them right at the tops of conifers but no not just any conifer the one your bloody dismantling! When you have to cut and chuck it all and cut and chuck the top out they just way a ton and are full of mud which goes in your eyes and down your back and full of dead thorn which break off under the skin and swell up!!

 

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