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Robin sitting on eggs/ laying eggs already?

  • 09-03-2019 3:49pm
    #1
    Arequipa
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    Hi! I have a small garden in Nth Dublin city.
    A robin has been singing passionately all Winter in my back garden..
    I have an open box at about 5ft high in the corner of the garden. They built a nest... Quite a few weeks ago..
    Then last week i walked over and had a look and there was a robin sitting on the nest...

    Is this very early to be building a nest and sitting on eggs?
    Spring is on the way.. no doubt but I dont think Winter is completely gone....just yet!

    A


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It's a couple of weeks earlier than most, but not exceptionally early for Robins.


    Needless to say, avoid going over to have a look for the next month or so.


  • #3
    Arequipa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Arequipa


    Thanks for the reply... Yea.. i read that they are very sensitive to any disturbance..so i'll stay clear the next few weeks..


    Yea.. this particular swallow was singing right through the winter sometimes at 3-4am...
    I saw the robin investigating the box in January & then the nest was built quite a few weeks ago... In the meantime.. the posturing and singing has definitely quietened down...


  • #4
    Arequipa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Arequipa


    On a slight tangent... I can see that swallows have arrived back on Irish shores..but a couple were spotted in early to mid December...
    Would these birds survive the Winter here or generally fly on South?

    Thanks for the feedback!


  • #5
    OwlEye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭OwlEye


    Still off topic...but speaking of Swallows, an unusual vagrant spotted in Youghal the last few days,

    http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/116084/Redrumped_Swallow.html

    http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/116070/Redrumped_Swallow.html


  • #6
    Yester
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    Arequipa wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply... Yea.. i read that they are very sensitive to any disturbance..so i'll stay clear the next few weeks..


    Yea.. this particular swallow was singing right through the winter sometimes at 3-4am...
    I saw the robin investigating the box in January & then the nest was built quite a few weeks ago... In the meantime.. the posturing and singing has definitely quietened down...


    Did you mean robin or did a swallow stay for the winter?


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  • #7
    mattser
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    Yester wrote: »
    Did you mean robin or did a swallow stay for the winter?

    That sounds like a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail :p


  • #8
    Yester
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    mattser wrote: »
    That sounds like a line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail :p

    Lol it does a bit. I'm pretty sure they meant robin but I like the idea of a swallow that just decided to stay for the winter. Does that ever happen?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Yester wrote: »
    Lol it does a bit. I'm pretty sure they meant robin but I like the idea of a swallow that just decided to stay for the winter. Does that ever happen?

    There are reports of over wintering Swallows most years.
    If it's mild enough they can survive.


  • #10
    Arequipa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭Arequipa


    Hi! I meant can a swallow survive the winter...

    I know our robins are one of our most active and vocal birds in the winter..
    I remember seeing a particularly tame robin on st stephens green , very late after a night out in town.. obviously he was used to people walking by late at night with chips etc...


  • #11
    cd07
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    I spotted a swallow in ealy January. Thought it very strange. But as Dylan says the times they are a changing!


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  • #12
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    cd07 wrote: »
    I spotted a swallow in ealy January. Thought it very strange. But as Dylan says the times they are a changing!
    Thomas?
    😀


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