Building nest already! (1 Viewer)

Have spent the last two mornings watching a Robin going in and out of my neighbours lleylandi hedge with leaves,grass and moss.It is obviously starting to build a nest,is this a bit early? I have two robin nest boxes up but these are being ignored and I am worried that the hedge will not offer enough protection from Magpies as last year blackbirds nested in there and they lost all their chicks.

tracy said:

Have spent the last two mornings watching a Robin going in and out of my neighbours lleylandi hedge with leaves,grass and moss.It is obviously starting to build a nest,is this a bit early? I have two robin nest boxes up but these are being ignored and I am worried that the hedge will not offer enough protection from Magpies as last year blackbirds nested in there and they lost all their chicks.

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If you could find some thorny cuttings and shove them in around over the Nest maybe. I know one is not meant to disturb nest building but with a Robin you may have a bit of a chance. Get someone to distract the Robin with food while your at it?
I had a Robin nest in a berberis shrub last year, not something a magpie would have an easy time of getting through where it's thick. A pair of magpies nested in the neighbours garden. So if you haven't a berberis maybe you could invest in one at the same time.