We have a rather tatty looking hanging basket from last year, 
hanging by the kitchen window. One brave fuchsia has managed to survive the Winter, and we were about to take it down, empty and refill it. Hubby noticed soil
on the floor beneath, then noticed a little hole on the west side of the basket. Looking from inside the kitchen he could see fresh moss peeping out of the
hole. He later noticed a wren showing interest in this area. I heard the tiny thing singing beautifully this morning & saw it going into the hole. Hubby is
now watching it, landing first on the wisteria, then hopping nearer furtively, & going in with moss and out with bits of compost! 
Looks like we have new neighbours! Wonderful! It will be the most beautiful basket in the garden, but one we MUST
NOT WATER!!
love elaine xx
Last year in France, we couldn't cut some long grass/weeds 3' tall for a while! There were intricate wren's nests pulling stems together and well
hidden. We had to wait until the babies had flown.
Jenny Wren
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Posts: 2292 (23/04/2008 11:10:14) |
How wonderful Elaine - I'm very envious.
It will be fantastic to watch the babies grow up :-) Debbie xx |
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Posts: 3196 (23/04/2008 11:40:53) |
How lovely- wrens are so hard to see, such dear little birds!
Last year a blackbird made a nest in our patio on top of a cupboard under a glass roof. The patio was small and had a wall all around (now demolished). Babies fledged and were hopping about all over the patio - pooing all over everything including bikes and garden seat etc. We couldn't do anything until they flew over the wall and away, then OH decided to clean up. OMG! when he threw water over all the poo the smell nearly knocked him sideways, and he's not one for 'smells'! 
Lucky for you the nest is inside the basket!!! Enjoy!!! Take some pictures if you can. Jan
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Posts: 1202 (23/04/2008 12:12:24) |
oh how lovely they are such a pretty little bird
 you will be
an aunty lol
love linda xxxx
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Posts: 856 (23/04/2008 12:14:21) |
What a lovely neighbour too, little wrens are one of my favourite birds, we are very lucky to live in the country and they visit our gardens alot, we have
lots of wildlife and spend many a happy hour watching all kinds of creatures going about their business, hopefully you'll be able to watch some new babies
soon, Kali |
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HIARY |
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Posts: 757 (23/04/2008 12:39:46) |
How lovely, but keep a look out for cats. We have so many cats where I live that I cannot encourage the birds, because they would be easy pickings. You are
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Posts: 4329 (23/04/2008 12:48:37) |
how lovely elaine so nice to watch
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Posts: 6558 (23/04/2008 13:10:23) |
Oh you are lucky Elaine, wrens are lovely aren't they!
We have been putting down bits of old moss liners from last year's baskets for the birds to use as nesting material and I was amused to watch a magpie earlier.....it had collected quite a beakful of these strands but put them down to eat then picked them all back up one by one and flew off. |
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Posts: 6092 (23/04/2008 13:29:30) |
We had a net in a bush, full of white fur from Sue09's dog Crystal! Luxury nesting material that was! The Bluetits and Longtailed tits took it all! I cut
up strands of wool and feathers the other day to restock it. But the wren prefers moss! Lol watched as gradually a long stem from something of last years
gradually disappeared inside. She must have been weaving it in!
A couple of weeks or so ago, we watched a pair of Robins. Mrs. had been feeding herself with the sunflower hearts and budgie seed, but when Mr. arrived she sat on a branch and was waited on & fed by him! They love raisins which we buy for the blackbirds and thrushes, but we have to cut them up for the robins. Don't know where their nest is. We have a visiting sparrowhawk which worries me a lot! But where the wren is, doesn't have such an easy flight path for the Sparrowhawk! And the Wisteria is beginning to bloom, and will soon shelter & hide them a little more. Aren't birds clever? Last week a wren was spreading it's wings accross the patio and border and I think picking up ants! I knew that starlings and blackbirds do it, but not wrens. The ants spray formic acid at the 'intruder', which actually then rids the bird of any lurking pesky mites! A quick shake and preen and done!
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Posts: 2676 (23/04/2008 15:44:38) |
you are so lucky with the little wren...........Ann d xxx
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Posts: 6558 (23/04/2008 15:49:04) |
Sounds like Mr Robin is well and truly under the thumb (or claw) Elaine!
Had to scare shoo off some ferral pigeons earlier as they were pinching the blackbirds' raisins......the wood pigeons like them too....don't mind them but the ferral pigeons just take everything given the chance. |
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