Having been glued to Springwatch, I know that some birds are now raising a second brood. This must be true for the local sparrows as I saw a male presenting a beakful of grass and straw to a female yesterday, which were obviously destined for a brand new nest.
On the downside, I saw a dead baby starling on the pavement. It didn't look well developed enough to fly so perhaps it had fallen, or been dragged, from its nest as it looked as if it had been bitten or chewed. The sparrowhawk was much in evidence yesterday and the crows and magpies set up a deafening warning racket as he soared over the trees.
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