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URGENT HELP REQUIRED - SWALLOWS NEST FELL

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  • 02-07-2011 10:19pm
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    desodon
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    Hi there, sorry for the capital title just thought it might be hard get replies in this thread at this time. A swallows (I think they're swallows - picture attached) nest attached to our house as fallen. They were on the ground outside the door and the nest beside them they looked pretty bad and couldn't really walk. I've picked up the nest put it on the windowsill and gently put the chicks into the nest in the hope the mother will find them there (just under drain pipe).

    Can anyone offer any advice to help these? Or should I just take my chances leaving them on the windowsill. I think they will be dead my morning if the mother doesn't come.


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    Whispered
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    Please also ask here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=406


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    BengaLover
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    No chance u can get them back where they came from? tell tale signs would be droppings and seeds etc where the nest may have been. otherwise they wont stand a chance.
    Try anything to attach the nest back in place - is the mother calling/circling?


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    desodon
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭desodon


    Whispered wrote: »
    Please also ask here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=406

    Done there now. Thanks


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    desodon
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭desodon


    BengaLover wrote: »
    No chance u can get them back where they came from? tell tale signs would be droppings and seeds etc where the nest may have been. otherwise they wont stand a chance.
    Try anything to attach the nest back in place - is the mother calling/circling?

    There are birds circling making their noises but they always do that around here these times. There isn't a hope I can reattach the nest :( It's like grass it doesn't even feel that solid. I wouldn't even know where to begin. Maybe I should get a step ladder and put the nest on top of the drain pipe? The mother might feel more comfortable going to that height??


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    desodon
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭desodon


    BengaLover wrote: »
    No chance u can get them back where they came from? tell tale signs would be droppings and seeds etc where the nest may have been. otherwise they wont stand a chance.
    Try anything to attach the nest back in place - is the mother calling/circling?


    I see where they came from now it is actually higher up than I thought... they had a long fall - they fell onto our first floor roof (slanted tiles) and then rolled down to the ground.


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