Black bird nest

[goodlife]

Last couple of days I've had suspicious activity near my back door....and this morning it has been confirmed...yes our resident blackbirds are planning to produce some offspring.. ;D But they are a bit loopy...the nest is on my shoulder height 1 metre away back door in ivy..they have chosen a branch out of all the big wall that is not covered by leaves and started building up from that..yes..a high rise nest ::)
Never seen anything like it..rather than normal sort of bowl shape nest on branch they are building a pedestal first to get to the leaf cover and then doing the bed thing...and the stuff they use nylon garden string..plastic...moss...chickens feathers..dead grass...twigs..
Now I know where all my string disappear.. ;D These two birds are as daft as their landlords...I never do anything the easy way... ::)

[goodlife]

[goodlife]

I tried to get photo of the master piece.. ::)..strings are quite good give away of the location.. ::)..well they have been busy again this morning and looks like the final touches are going in...lots of finer stuff..they should move in soon ;D
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[goodlife]

Yeahhhh..my first photo..s attached.. ;D and managed to done it double too ::)....well only practice make perfect..better next time... ;D

[macmac]

Our peace was shattered this afternoon by a "screaming"blackbird. I couldn't see it but saw the reason .One of our resident magpies had an egg (I assume the blackbirds) which we watched it hide at the base of a tree plucking dry grass to cover it with.There was nothing we could do about it and I suppose the magpie has mouths to feed .
Bit sad though  :(
Blackbirds are my favourite  :)