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Hooded crow... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   Bird Nesting Site   Birds   Birds Nest   top:City, Town Centre   type:Close Look   Corvus Cornix   bird:Hooded Crow   Hooded Crow   Hooded Crows   Nest   subject:Nest   Nesting   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The nest has been partly fenced as a protection against predators.

Tags: near:Audley   Birds Nest   type:Geograph   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Mute Swan   bird:Mute Swan   swan:Mute Swan   subject:Nest   Nesting Bird   Nesting Swan   Swans Nest   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Part of the immense gannetry on Ailsa Craig, with thousands of the birds nesting... (more)

Tags: Ailsa Craig   Bird Nesting Site   Birds Nest   subject:Cliff   Gannetry   Gannets   Gannets Nesting   type:Geograph   top:Islands   Morus Bassanus   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

On Waver Spring Pond, Compton.

Tags: Bird Nest   bird:Coot   Coot   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Nest   Nesting   Nesting Birds   Pond   place:Waver Spring Pond  

According to local people the swan had been brooding on her eggs for several... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   bird:Swan  

If the duck had not flown away as I approached, I would never have noticed the... (more)

Tags: Birds   Birds Eggs   Birds Nest   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The purpose of our visit was to look at the large rock, partly hidden by a wall... (more)

Tags: category:Bird Nests   type:Close Look   category:Cup-Marked Stone   top:Defence, Military   top:Moorland   top:Paths   category:Stile   top:Uplands  

The cliffs form the south side of Queen Margaret's Cove and the camera... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   top:Estuary, Marine   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   Sea Birds   subject:Sea Life  

Mounted on a telegraph pole by the side of the track, the cover has come off... (more)

Tags: top:Air, Sky, Weather   Bird Nest   type:Close Look   subject:Electricity Infrastructure   top:Energy Infrastructure   top:Lowlands   The Black Isle   Wasps Nest  

On the west gable of the 14thC Kirkapol Old Parish Church, one at the top of the... (more)

Tags: period:14th Century   subject:Bird   Birds Nest   Chapel (Remains Of)   Corvus Corax   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Islands   Isle of Tiree   Kirkapol   bird:Raven   top:Religious Sites   near:Vaul   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

In a Sycamore by the Braid Burn. Easily visible now that the leaves have fallen.... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   place:Braidburn Valley   place:Edinburgh   top:Lowlands   bird:Magpie   Morningside   subject:Nest   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   top:Woodland, Forest  

It appears to be a recently built nest and a wren flew out of the building when... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   Mort House   top:Religious Sites  

House Martin nest on a house in Magenta Way, Rivendell. There was a pair of... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   type:Close Look   bird:House Martin   top:Housing, Dwellings   top:Suburb, Urban Fringe   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The view of the coot nest on Island Pool in Baggeridge Country Park, Staffordshire.

Tags: Baggeridge Country Park   Bird Nest   bird:Coot   Country Park   type:Geograph   place:Himley   top:Park and Public Gardens   Pool   subject:Pool   Staffordshire  

Birds nest in the porch at St Cannen Llanganten

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   top:Religious Sites   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Several unsown rectangles like this were left in this large field of oats to... (more)

Tags: Arable   Birds   Birds Nest   subject:Crop   Farm Conservation   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   type:Geograph   top:Lowlands   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Exposed next to a pth, but fortunately for the birds, the gardens are to close at Easter.

Tags: Bird Nest   type:Close Look   bird:Long-Tailed Tit   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The viewing gallery is used as a nesting place by swallows. There is a nest on... (more)

Tags: subject:Bird   Birds Nest   place:Falkland   Falkland Palace   place:Fife   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   type:Inside   top:Lowlands   National Trust for Scotland   top:Sport, Leisure   Tennis Court   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The cigarette box has a family of birds inside. They were very vocal. For a... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   Cigarette Box   top:Public Buildings and Spaces   Public Convenience  

These little gulls nest on the bridge towers and on some of the surrounding... (more)

Tags: subject:Bird   Birds Nest   Bridge   top:City, Town Centre   type:Close Look   Kittiwake   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The view of the coot nest on Island Pool in Baggeridge Country Park, Staffordshire.

Tags: Baggeridge Country Park   subject:Bird   Bird Nest   type:Close Look   bird:Coot   Country Park   place:Himley   top:Park and Public Gardens   Pool   Staffordshire   Young Coot  

The nests gave the impression of being unused, although with corvid nests it is... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   top:Lowlands   tree:Oak   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

On top of a rock stack at Lizard Point, Marsden. A typical Cormorant nest site... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   top:Coastal   Cormorants   subject:Nest   top:Rocks, Scree, Cliffs   Seabird Colony   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

In trees beside the A694 at the north end of the village. In common with all... (more)

Tags: Birds Nests   type:Close Look   top:Lowlands   subject:Nest   Rookery   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   Winter Trees  

An exposed place to build a nest, and no longer in use. It is half way up the... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   place:Bourne Woods   type:Close Look   Forestry Commission Plantation   top:Lowlands   subject:Nest   tree:Oak   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   top:Woodland, Forest  

At the western end of the north arm of the lake.

Tags: Bird Nest   bird:Cormorant   place:Rutland Water   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

In the middle of the pond beside Clapgate Lane.

Tags: subject:Bird   Birds Nest   Coot   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   Pond   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

A herring gull incubates eggs on a little-used siding at Mallaig station.

Tags: subject:Bird   Bird Nest   Herring Gull   Railway Siding   top:Railways   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Another photo of Edward VII postbox DT11 79, shown at ST9715 : Old postbox in wall. ST9714 : Edward VII postbox, Minchington,... (more)

Tags: notice:Birds Nesting   top:Communications   postbox:Edward VII   top:Farm, Fishery, Market Gardening   type:Geograph   top:People, Events   Thatched Wall   Thatchers   Trees  

This seems to be an unusually large structure for a moorhen nest, but it would... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   type:Close Look   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   bird:Moorhen   top:Park and Public Gardens   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   place:Wollaton Park  

Herring Gull in the bellcote at Cromarty East Church.

Tags: Bird Nest   Church Belfry   type:Close Look   bird:Herring Gull   top:Religious Sites   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Looking towards Ipswich Town FC's Portman Road stadium, with the greenery... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   top:City, Town Centre   Football Ground   type:Geograph   bird:Herring Gull   river:Orwell   Railway Station   top:Railways   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

A pair of Herring Gulls nesting on the roof of Platform 1 canopy at Ipswich... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   top:City, Town Centre   type:Close Look   bird:Herring Gull   Railway Station   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

View of part of the rookery here. I counted 23 nests all told, which is only... (more)

Tags: subject:Bird   Birds Nests   type:Close Look   top:Lowlands   Rookery   Rooks   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Despite the anti-bird spikes, someone – pigeon or Jackdaw probably - has found a... (more)

Tags: date:1877   Birds Nest   type:Close Look   housing:Converted School   top:Educational Sites   top:Housing, Dwellings   period:Late 19th Century   former:Village School   top:Village, Rural Settlement  

The plover waited until it was almost underfoot before exploding off the nest.... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   Eggs   bird:Golden Plover   top:Moorland   top:Uplands   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

With a bird's nest in a lone tree on the bleak moor.

Tags: Beck   Birds Nest   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   subject:Stream   Stream   Tree   top:Uplands  

In a beech hedge some 2 feet above ground level; I would guess a robin's.

Tags: Birds Nest   Nest   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

It is amazing where swallows persist in nesting, ignoring nearby human activity.

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   Swallow   top:Uplands   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

Thrush sitting on eggs in its nest which is in a wheelarch of a caravan at Fforest fields.

Tags: Bird Nest   type:Close Look   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Thrush   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

This caught my eye while walking by a caravan at Fforest fields, a nest in the wheelarch.

Tags: Bird Nest   type:Close Look   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   top:Village, Rural Settlement   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

It's tucked up so close on top of a motion detector in the corner of a... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

It looks like a Canada goose. A wider view of this charming building can be... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   Boathouse   Listed Building Grade II   Nesting Goose   top:Rivers, Streams, Drainage   Thatched Boathouse   Thatched Building  

I don't know how long this nest has been in the hedgerow, or how long the... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   Eggs   Hedgerow   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   season:Winter  

Moorhens often make floating nests, but this one seemed to be formed from... (more)

Tags: Bird Nest   Moorhen   top:Park and Public Gardens   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

A nest on the lake in Beddington Park.

Tags: place:Beddington   Bird Nest   Coots   top:Lakes, Wetland, Bog   top:Park and Public Gardens   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

The Rooks nests can be seen in the treetops here, beside the farm at Stoney... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Geograph   top:Lowlands   Rookery   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms   subject:Woodland   Woodland   top:Woodland, Forest  

Nest amongst the carvings in the eaves over the front entrance to Speke Hall.

Tags: 16th Century   Birds Nest   Carving   top:Country Estates   Country House   English Heritage   Grade I   Hall   top:Historic Sites and Artefacts   Listed Building   Mansion   National Trust   camera:Panasonic Lumix TZ60   Sixteenth Century   Timber Framed   Tudor   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms  

I saw sandmartins flying out of them I wonder what animal lodges in the large... (more)

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   top:Lowlands  

Tags: Birds Nest   type:Close Look   Nature   top:Wild Animals, Plants and Mushrooms