Friday 30 May 2014

Spring watch in my back garden.

Look what I found in my garden this month...
My mum was helping me tidy my back garden when she noticed this nest in the top of my green recycle bin as she was about to put grass cuttings in. The lid of the bin was propped open slightly from some branches that I'd cut off the trees a few weeks before. I'd seen a robin in the garden picking up bits of moss and twigs from the grass in the garden so I guessed the nest had been by her. A few days later I looked again and there she was...
She had also laid 3 more eggs, I kept watching throughout the week and saw two robins coming and going, about a week later I went to check on them when we were having a bbq and was amazed to see 6 little skinny birds with there beaks open wide!
I continued to watch mummy and daddy robin coming and going with insects and every couple of days I checked on their progress - they changed so quickly , from this...
To this...
To this...
This was the last photo I took last Friday it was looking very cosy and slightly cramped when I went to check on Saturday they had gone.
I must admit to feeling a bit sad when they had gone but I was extremely priviledged to have been able to witness their progress up close. 

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