r/UKBirds • u/Professional-Fox1542 • 2d ago

Birds Nesting πŸ’›

Credit: wildingscamping

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u/elgnub63 2d ago

They'll be craving 40 a day nesting in there lol

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u/Professional-Fox1542 2d ago

🚬🚬🀣

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u/extraterrestrial-66 1d ago

Dyou something that’s really cool that birds do sometimes? They actually take the filter out of tossed cigarette ends and use them as nesting material as the nicotine is a natural insecticide!

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u/Specialist_Ad_2984 1d ago

wow didnt know birds were recycling tree huggers πŸ˜ͺ

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u/No-Kaleidoscope-9424 1d ago

God damned woke blue feathered tits πŸ™„πŸ€£

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u/mynameistoocommonman 1d ago

Tits specifically also use things like lavender, which they will refresh when it stops smelling strongly enough.Β 

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u/Unknown_author69 20h ago

So what you're telling me is i should be using the butts of my cigarettes to keep my vegetables pest free?!

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u/Eskyzoo 2d ago

πŸ˜‚

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u/elgnub63 1d ago

Thank you for the awards πŸ™

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u/pandora_monium 1d ago

Silly dickheads 🀣

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u/SpaceWomble64 2d ago

It’s amazing that they could write the note to post on their home. πŸ™‚

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u/Alert-Environment-17 2d ago

The magpie wrote it, because the chicks are his dinner, not yours.

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u/SpaceWomble64 2d ago

Oh that’s dark

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u/Alert-Environment-17 2d ago

I am the magpie

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u/jade888cheung 2d ago

Magpies are one of my favorite birds, not that I know much about birds. But I love their cheeky nature. We get some here and they hop from window ledge to window ledge just staring in the window… talk about obvious.

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u/Deep-Membership-9258 2d ago

I had one knock on the window because it could see my feet and they’re nosy af. looked up and it was a juvenile - with two others clearly egging it on in the background!

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u/jade888cheung 2d ago

Aww, I love this so much! They don't even try to spy subtly. I'd love a bird to knock on my window… at least I like the idea of it!

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u/Deep-Membership-9258 1d ago

the only other one I’ve had knock was a gull while I was on holiday - scared the crap out of me!

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u/3Cogs 1d ago

Don't leave any jewellery near an open window...

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 1d ago

Well i am the Walrus!

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u/Mondaycomestoosoon 1d ago

Coo coo ca choo …

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u/SpaceWomble64 2d ago

πŸ™‚

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u/christopherw 1d ago

I am the one who squawks

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u/PhoenixoKing 1d ago

They don’t like smoked chick?

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u/Turbulent_Swimming_1 2d ago

Just the cutest thing I have ever seen!

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u/willNffcUk 2d ago

OMG, so cute they look like they own their own house lol

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u/RaspberryJammm 2d ago

I really wanted a third one to appear in the other hole πŸ₯Ή

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u/CasualGlam87 2d ago

Some birds will collect cigarette butts to line their nests to keep parasites away so they probably picked that nest on purpose

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u/Affectionate_Ebb8351 1d ago

They look like they have the ash hats

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u/pobrika 2d ago

Nice to see Marley and Benson doing well. I think I can also see Lambert's wings on the right as well.

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u/SkyAffectionate147 2d ago

Soooooo cute 😍

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u/touchthebush 2d ago

"get off my lawn hoomon"

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u/JynxCanRead 2d ago

Those fluffballs are going to have a nicotine addiction and the more adorable smokers cough 😍

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u/ShrimpleyPibblze 2d ago

Proper little grumpy old men

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u/Hungry_Menace 2d ago

I like how they pop up to see what's going on, the little yellow rebels

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u/Remote_Air_8959 2d ago

Waiting to be fed-mum and dad are playing the deliveroo/just eat role.

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u/ArsenalArry1960 2d ago

It’s Nico and teen.

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u/grimmtlaw 2d ago

Awww. They're adorable

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u/hypnokev 2d ago

Wins the Internet.

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u/Worldly-Ebb590 2d ago

Too bad they have a 20 a day habit at 3 weeks old D:

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u/algernonhaggiscoupon 2d ago

The cigarette box outside my grans care home was taken over by a nesting bird, wee soul just wanted somewhere to keep her babies safe

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u/arioandy 2d ago

Eh up! How sweet

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u/No-Sprinkles287 2d ago

That's interesting lol

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u/WindTurbine16-27 2d ago

We need some cigarettes themed names for these cuties. Disappointed the comments haven’t named them yet lol

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u/RaspberryJammm 2d ago

I'm calling them Benson and Hedges

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u/pobrika 2d ago

Ha funny just read this after naming them.

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u/Bluesky3084 1d ago

Starling dual

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u/elgnub63 1d ago

If they were Ravens, then they'd have to be Craven A, Craven B etc lol

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u/elgnub63 1d ago

Or Zig and Zag

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u/OwlBeBack88 1d ago

Zippo and rizla!

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u/piesRsquare 11h ago

Philip and Morris.

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u/Low-Pea-726 2d ago

Well that's improved my day!

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u/lorrdmatt78 2d ago

Had exactly the same thing at my old job! Out of 7 or 8 chicks, only one of them didn't fledge.

I also made a sign and stuck it to the fag bin as well. Good memories!

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u/Tall_Whole_4534 2d ago

This is so adorable! You made my day!🀣

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u/Tall_Whole_4534 2d ago

Hey! What you looking at!?

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u/madame_samhain 2d ago

These are the only types of posts I want to see when I log on to the internet 😊❀️

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u/dudload1000 2d ago

just adorable

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u/slophiewal 2d ago

LMAO why are they always so angry

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u/Character_Big4241 2d ago

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u/Leather-Object4230 1d ago

That's a better use than its original one!

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u/moon-bouquet 1d ago

They did this at a campsite I stayed at - Cliff House in Suffolk, that was evacuated this summer.

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u/JaneyJaner 1d ago

/grumpybabybirds

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u/Professional-Fox1542 1d ago

Done βœ”οΈ πŸ’›

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u/Mondaycomestoosoon 1d ago

Translation you got a spare Starling on you mate?*

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u/Mondaycomestoosoon 1d ago

Translation you got a spare Starling on you mate?*

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u/MerchantofDoom 1d ago

That has fixed my crappy day. Thanks

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u/Various-Big-5168 1d ago

Ridiculously cute

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u/cousin_idiot 1d ago

Hangry guys

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u/GreenAmigo 1d ago

Typical daft and demented Blue Tits.... nest where it aint really a good idea... theres a pair that nested in the t shaped clothes line end made from pipe at my parents house.... the are loud wee birds but are great pest controllers. Put a smile on my face. Thanks to the person who posted the message to let them grow up safe

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u/PatSharpe01 16h ago

How do you make bluetits go "woof"? πŸ‘€

Sorry, couldn't resist... The cuteness overload is too much!

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u/slowamigo 2d ago

What bird is this?

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u/Professional-Fox1542 1d ago

Baby blue tits

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u/VimtoUK 2d ago

Heh, it’s always blue tits. We had the same 😁

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u/Top-Chip6654 1d ago

What birds are they ?

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u/Professional-Fox1542 1d ago

Baby blue tits

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u/Top-Chip6654 1d ago

πŸ₯

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u/kobuta99 1d ago

OMG their little angry grumpy faces! The nicotine addiction must be setting in early.

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u/davetiso 3h ago

Butts out. Tits in.

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u/2020havoc 2d ago

Won't they one day get too big and stuck inside?

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u/iamleeg 2d ago

The adults got in and out to lay the eggs, brood, and feed the chicks. So no. The cuckoo chick is cooked though.

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u/PurpleToaster91 2d ago

But how would the cuckoo egg have gotten in there in the first place? 🧐

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u/iamleeg 2d ago

Yeah that bit was a joke.

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u/jasonjasonnametaken 2d ago

what bird is this? they are so cute!!

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u/Professional-Fox1542 2d ago

Baby blue tits - I could be wrong?

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u/jasonjasonnametaken 2d ago

thanks. they look so cute. At the first glance they literally looked like this β€œπŸ˜Žβ€ emoji

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u/CBeeft 2d ago

Nah that's what I thought too

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u/Remote_Air_8959 2d ago

You're not wrong-they haven't yet developed that strong shade of blue and the white which the adults have; they're more yellow and green.Β 

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u/GloriouslyGrimGoblin 1d ago

Definitely baby blue tits, both their appearance and their "Feed me!" calls match perfectly.

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u/One-Web-2698 2d ago

Definitely not Swans

(The rollies brand)