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Birds are certainly having a rehearsal at the moment and the 'joyful cacophany' is merely waiting in the wings. The pair may remain together from one season to the next and where pairs are resident, this bond may be life-long. Avoid disturbing any critters you have in your garden by trimming your hedges and shrubs in autumn and not spring. Human fascination with nests is not just a reflection of their vital biological role, its also about their intrinsic beauty and moral purpose. Sent in by Craig Rot, Ireland. Usually relatively low down in thick shrubs and hedges. However, birds of prey often start incubating when the first egg has been laid. Birds such as waders, terns and mallards combat this by having very effective camouflage which blends in to the habitat that they choose for nesting. The eggs are small, usually around 2cm long and 1cm wide. 14 July 2010. In Scotland, the reasonsherring gullscan be controlled under a General License are 1) to preserve or protect public health and safety 2) to preserve air safety (e.g. Blackbirds usually build their nest in evergreen bushes such as ivy, hawthorn or holly, but will also nest in sheds and outbuildings. We encourage responsible dog walking, and ask dog owners to keep your dog close to you, preferably on a lead and stick to designated paths in areas where wildlife or livestock could be disturbed. Wed love to see and hear about more examples of this behaviour. Whilst mallards can sometimes nest as close as a metre to each other, they are not colonial in their nesting habits and this occurrence is likely to be result of an opportunistic female. They need this to sustain them, as they complete long stretches of their journey without food and water. It supports a good crop of winter moth caterpillars, and a large quantity of other insects, and given the choice, blue tits would spend the bulk of their time foraging in oak trees. Blue tits are territorial against other blue tits only, and so any one area can hold several pairs of nesting birds of different species. April is usually the beginning of the nesting period for jays. Robins do have a habit of attacking other species they compete with more closely, particularly those with red breasts. White with a small number of reddish-brown speckles. Infections can sometimes kill seedlings but large trees are .