I went out into the garden just now for some air (mmm... brisk!) and noticed the Dunnocks engaging in some singing and wing flicking. There seemed to be three birds in a group and I stood beneath the conifers watching them as they flew about and one kept flying across the conifers right in front of my face (literally only about a foot from my face!) and was moving around in the foliage just next to where I stood - really cool!
...but then I saw him with a beakful of needles and watching him moving through the branches I saw he went to the end of the row and I could see through the gaps to where he was going - a little vertical fork in the branches has become the site for a nest! Spent a bit of time with my binoculars from a distance watching him bringing nest material, arranging it and then sitting in the nest and poking it about and squirming about to bed it all in. I've never seen a small bird building a nest like this so it was an absolute joy to see! No guarantee it will be used as I know male Dunnocks build a number of nests but I've got my fingers crossed there will be another lot of young Dunnocks this summer.
Baby Dunnock in my garden last summer
...but then I saw him with a beakful of needles and watching him moving through the branches I saw he went to the end of the row and I could see through the gaps to where he was going - a little vertical fork in the branches has become the site for a nest! Spent a bit of time with my binoculars from a distance watching him bringing nest material, arranging it and then sitting in the nest and poking it about and squirming about to bed it all in. I've never seen a small bird building a nest like this so it was an absolute joy to see! No guarantee it will be used as I know male Dunnocks build a number of nests but I've got my fingers crossed there will be another lot of young Dunnocks this summer.
Baby Dunnock in my garden last summer
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