{"id":75487,"date":"2017-12-30T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T05:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-a-nesting-box-a-broken-window-and-a-brooding-robin\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T06:05:27","slug":"country-diary-a-nesting-box-a-broken-window-and-a-brooding-robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/country-diary-a-nesting-box-a-broken-window-and-a-brooding-robin\/","title":{"rendered":"Country diary: a nesting box, a broken window and a brooding robin"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nComins Coch, Ceredigion For years the robins ignored our open invitation to take up residence above the shed doorWe inherited the old garden shed when we bought the house a quarter of a century ago. Over the door, someone had fixed an open-fronted nest box of the type thought suitable for a robin but, whether it was too exposed or the aspect was wrong, no birds took up the offer of accommodation. Eventually, while repainting the shed, I took down the box and, for want of anywhere else to put it, left it on a high shelf just inside the door. That winter, the apple tree nearby lost a branch, breaking the shed window and adding another line to the list of jobs I would never get around to. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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