Just opened up my bonnet to be greeted with a load of grass and moss on top of the fuse box

It was all clumped together on top and way more than could have blown there, they have even had a ontop of the engine too

I was watching a sparrow carrying moss and stuff into the campervan engine bay next to me at the weekend, and let the chap know, as it could have been a fire hazard etc, never even thought to have a nosy under my bonnet  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Maybe a Pied Wagtail, Robin or even a Wren, but unless your parked for a very long time a House Sparrow would prefer other house building localities. Not caused by the wife doing a bit of green laneing while your at work  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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Come to think about it I think it was a wren I was watching not a sparrow

The cheeky  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

the bird obviously walked up to your car whilst you were towing your van and hopped on, deciding it was a relatively stationary place to build a nest At work
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Maybe it thought it was a Reliant Robin.......

I'll fetch me coat.....

Leave the coat I'll post it to you, just get out quickly  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Once had mice nesting in the driver's seat of a friend's Rover 90. Mind you given the state of the bodywork, they had probably chosen the safest place.

snappa wrote:

Maybe it thought it was a Reliant Robin.......

I'll fetch me coat.....

The ideal vehicle for a bit of nesting (as long as you didnt get over enthustiastic)  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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birds often nested in a tractor of mine just in front of the radiator. I left them be and theeggs hatched and the babies grew up....despite the tractors frequent use spraying so called 'deadly' pesticides on my crops.


some of the birds may have had two or more heads At work
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chicken george wrote:

birds often nested in a tractor of mine just in front of the radiator. I left them be and theeggs hatched and the babies grew up....despite the tractors frequent use spraying so called 'deadly' pesticides on my crops.


some of the birds may have had two or more heads

Try spraying in the chicken sheds and you may get birds with bigger breasts and longer legs  2007 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Manual with Premium Pack & Moonroof.
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AndyC wrote:

chicken george wrote:

birds often nested in a tractor of mine just in front of the radiator. I left them be and theeggs hatched and the babies grew up....despite the tractors frequent use spraying so called 'deadly' pesticides on my crops.


some of the birds may have had two or more heads

Try spraying in the chicken sheds and you may get birds with bigger breasts and longer legs

Isn't the best place for that the local pub? 2002 Honda VFR800
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no our pub has birds with long breasts and big legs.


or it did until the new fancy pub opened, who ever chooses the waitresses is defiantly a red blooded male  At work
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