Partridge nest - all egg vanished?? (1 Viewer)

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Cduk100

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Hi, we had a partridge lay 15 eggs in a nest in our garden (on a raised planter covered in ivy) we have watched it daily sitting in the corner however this morning I checked to see the partridge wasn't there and I looked closer to see all eggs have vanished? No sign of broken eggs? I just wanted to check this isn't common and that possibly someone has stollen them? Any thoughts?? Many Thanks

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

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• Jun 13, 2012

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Cduk100 said:

Hi, we had a partridge lay 15 eggs in a nest in our garden (on a raised planter covered in ivy) we have watched it daily sitting in the corner however this morning I checked to see the partridge wasn't there and I looked closer to see all eggs have vanished? No sign of broken eggs? I just wanted to check this isn't common and that possibly someone has stollen them? Any thoughts?? Many Thanks

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Welcome to BF!
Fox, probably. It's fairly common.

Peter

 

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Cduk100

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Hi, thanks for replying but wouldn't there be a mess from a fox, broken eggs, feathers from the bird that was sitting on the nest?

I have noticed today one new egg back in the nest?? its very strange.

 

Brian2

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• Jun 14, 2012

• #4

Sounds like a fox...it's a shame when you see the work they put into it only for to be undone in a couple of minutes but that's nature. Sounds like they're trying a second brood.

 

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AlfArbuthnot

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• Jun 14, 2012

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Could be a fox or a Carrion Crow. Both will take eggs one-by-one and either eat them elsewhere or bury them. You might find eggs buried around the garden. Crows like to take them to a safe place to eat, and you will find a collection of various eggshells scattered around.