25th May
Up and down the country birds
have been racing to find a mate and get on the property ladder ahead of the
breeding season. And as a couple of RSPB members found in their back garden,
one busy pair of blackbirds have taken it a step further with a real life game
of ‘birds and ladders’.
As Bill and Jo Maddams were
giving their garden in Penrith, Cumbria, a spring clean they noticed
something unusual between the rungs of a ladder hanging on the wall. They say
practice makes perfect but one pair of hard-working blackbirds took it to a new
level by building 10 nests side by side giving themselves plenty of options.
Bill Maddams, who first spotted
the nests, said: “By leaving out a supply of food and water in our garden we’re
always joined by a variety of different birds such a robins, blue tits and
goldfinches. However, as I looked out my window one morning it was a busy pair
of blackbird that caught my eye. Over a number of days they were furiously
building something and it wasn’t until we started our garden spring clean that
the true extent of their efforts was revealed.”
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