Birds seen building so far are a rook, struggling to start a new nest at Barkisland, collared dove, greenfinch. Nests found are blackbird, a part-finished nest in my hedge, and a robin with 2 eggs last Monday, 5 eggs today at West End in an open fronted box wired into thick ivy. BTO particularly needs records of open nesting birds, especially warblers. http://www.bto.org/.
Birders are welcome to attend the attached event in Halifax:
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Rooks and Herons have been sitting for several weeks now. I started filming them shortly after you posted info on the "new" Heronry on Rochdale Road. I was also filming Nuthatch pasting up a nest hole last week, and long-tailed tits have complete nest balls constructed down Elland way. Magpies are adding sticks to their structures up by the ski slope and Mistle Thrushes should be on eggs by now. Blackbirds, Song Thrushes, Robins, Greenfinches, Dunnocks and Skylarks are all proclaiming their territories. Coot have nest platforms constructed already, Goosander, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Goldeneye and Buzzards are all displaying. Frogs have probably finished spawning by now. So I guess we can safely say that spring has finally sprung, and now that I'm on leave for the next fortnight, I hope to be filming as much of this as possible over the coming days.
Had no look with Hares yet, but there's plenty of stuff out there.
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