Crook Mackem
Striker
Summer of 2022 some swallows decided to build a nest in the eaves of our house. They left in the autumn.
Summer of 2023 they were back to the same nest that had survived the winter and they set about reproducing again.
Never seen them for months so presumed they had buggered off but the nest blew down yesterday. Went round the side today to sweep it up and there was at least 3 dead uns in amongst the wreckage. They all looked well on as well so a bit weird that they would get to the point they were pretty much fully grown and then never leave the nest. All of them had feathers and to me at least looked fully grown.
(i am not a bird expert, i have called them swallows but they were whatever the black and white fast flying things are).
Any bird forensic experts on here know why they would die in there at that stage ? Hope the parents havent met a grizzly end and theyve been left abandoned to die :-(
Summer of 2023 they were back to the same nest that had survived the winter and they set about reproducing again.
Never seen them for months so presumed they had buggered off but the nest blew down yesterday. Went round the side today to sweep it up and there was at least 3 dead uns in amongst the wreckage. They all looked well on as well so a bit weird that they would get to the point they were pretty much fully grown and then never leave the nest. All of them had feathers and to me at least looked fully grown.
(i am not a bird expert, i have called them swallows but they were whatever the black and white fast flying things are).
Any bird forensic experts on here know why they would die in there at that stage ? Hope the parents havent met a grizzly end and theyve been left abandoned to die :-(