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20-04-2008, 06:01 PM
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Woo Hoo! The Martins are back!
Just popped up stairs to open the landing window, when as I did I heard the 'squibbling' noise made by house martins! Peeped out the window and they're back - they seem to have been in the nest already!
   - here's the nest in a previous year.
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20-04-2008, 06:28 PM
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How cool!
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20-04-2008, 06:57 PM
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Hi SBP
How long have you had the nest up and what side of the house is it on, as in N,S,E or W? I'd love to have Housemartins under my eaves....might think about getting a nest or two.
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Always aim for the best result possible not the best possible result Peanut aka Joanna
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20-04-2008, 08:14 PM
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Hi peanut, when we moved here the neighbours had a real martin nest under their eaves. I wanted one too, but its difficult nowadays because its not always muddy at the right times for the birds. So we got a double one put up by our plumber (who had a ladder round cos of the other work he was doing
).It was four springs ago and they've used it every year, the last two years both sides. It's on the NE facing side (some morning sun is all). We painted (emulsion) the nests outside and back-board before it went up, can't see us getting up a ladder to it.
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Manda. Yet Nature is made better by no mean But Nature makes that mean; so over that art Which you say adds to Nature, is an art That Nature makes. Last edited by smallblueplanet : 20-04-2008 at 08:14 PM.
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20-04-2008, 08:33 PM
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Thanks, I need my Chimney doing this year so shall think about getting a nest box put up at the same time.....I'm always getting my builder to do little add on jobs, sure he'll love this one!!!
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