Any cheerful news today? (Nothing negative please! 🙂) (Part 2)

[SuePJ]

@Susannah

Finding a nest containing a little egg, which we looked at and thought may be a pigeon or a collared dove, he gently removed the nest, lay it on the terrace below and replaced it in the crown once he’d finished lopping and spraying. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I expect the mother would not return after such interference but one can hope all the same.

You may be surprised. When our cottage was being restored a redstart built a nest on one of the beams inside - as they are wont to do - and the builders had to move the nest (with eggs) twice. It was fine.