Comins Coch, Ceredigion For years the robins ignored our open invitation to take up residence above the shed doorWe inherited the old garden shed when we bought the house a quarter of a century ago. Over the door, someone had fixed an open-fronted nest box of the type thought suitable for a robin but, whether it was too exposed or the aspect was wrong, no birds took up the offer of accommodation. Eventually, while repainting the shed, I took down the box and, for want of anywhere else to put it, left it on a high shelf just inside the door. That winter, the apple tree nearby lost a branch, breaking the shed window and adding another line to the list of jobs I would never get around to. Continue reading...
Country diary: a nesting box, a broken window and a brooding robin
30. prosinece 2017 7:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/30/country-diary-comins-coch-ceredigion-nesting-box-brooding-robin
Zdroj: The Guardian