Robin nesting in our shed

[spandit]

My wife was about to move a crate with random crap in it when she noticed a nest with 2 eggs. Since then, 4 more have been laid and when I peeked in today, there was a robin sat on them. Hoping to set up the wildlife camera this afternoon but they're in a tricky place (and the robin flew off so hope I haven't scared her completely)

 

[Macaroon]

Takes more than a little peep to put a Robin off her eggs, in my experience of them; we've had them in the barn for years and they come and go whilst I'm at the bench quite happily. They do sometimes build very precarious nests sometimes, though!

 

[spandit]

You're right! By the time I'd fetched the camera she was back again (assuming it's the female that sits on the eggs):

I love spring!

 

[Macaroon]

That's great! They're really spunky little birds, eh?

 

[bilmo-p5]

I love spring!

Browning had it right...

'Oh, to be in England Now that April's there,'

 

[sandbender]

Brilliant.

 

[spandit]

Been in to check today and the nest is full of hungry chicks! Difficult to count so don't know if all 6 made it but hopefully the camera will have seen something

 

[mountainm]

My uncle has one in his garage, it's on it's 3rd nest this year and second brood of eggs, the first brood are fledglings.

 

[Goatboy]

Good news an a good photograph. A look filled with attitude.

 

[spandit]

Good news an a good photograph. A look filled with attitude.

Certainly was! I'll try to get a photo of the chicks but they're really tucked in under a load of stuff and don't want to move too much

 

[spandit]

Think there are at least 3:

 

[spandit]

Looks like only 2 made it...

 

[spandit]

Just looked now and they've gone - one was flying around in the adjacent barn! There was a single egg left in the nest - I presume it didn't hatch the first time round.

There's also a clutch of 8 eggs in a hollow fence post but haven't seen anyone sitting on them yet so might have been abandoned

 

[spandit]

Looking back at the video footage, they hatched on the 25th/26th of April and only flew the nest today. That's 15 days from egg to flight - pretty impressive stuff, nature!

 

[spandit]

[video]http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk76/richardspandit/Old%20Farm/animals/th_IMAG0636.mp4[/video]

 

[Robson Valley]

Well done. We consider it a mark of good fortune when wild things share your space.
Are your Robins double-brooded? Two nestings each summer?