Birds That Choose To Nest In Farm Machinery

[glasshouse]

I bought a new holland tm 150 from kent and when i opened the bonnet in scotland after driving it off the lorry it had a birds nest with eggs on the engine

 

[essexpete]

Be aware and warned if you don’t know already; they turn into their mothers and it could happen sooner than you think!

Could do worse and turn into their father.

 

[Exfarmer]

I do a lot of work with irrigation reels and they often have birds nests in them. Lots of queen wasps too for some reason!

the one that sticks in my mind though I got called to a farm where the reel wouldn’t wind in no speed and the farmer was adamant that there was a problem with the gearbox. Experience has taught me though start at the beginning every time no matter what. And it turned out all the problem was a bird nest in the machine right up in the cone filter stone trap. Enough to stop the turbine getting enough power but enough flow going past to look like the gun was throwing plenty out.

I have posted before about a Wagtail which used to nest regularly in our irrigators, followed the machine right round the farm and only got excited when the young were getting ready to fledge
my current bugbear is a local blackbird who likes to nest here in my ladders which are stored at the back of my house, this means if I need a ladder I have to borrow my neighbours super heavy old set which I struggle with, further he stacks them against a tree and are always covered in pigeon s**t so I have to pressure wash them first

As soon s one one lot are gone she will start laying the next, this is the second so far , I think last year she had four broods

 

[getting on]

When we moved in to our cottage about 6 years ago there were loads of house martin nesting but ever year there were getting less now not seen one this year, seen some swallows flying around, whats it like in other parts of the country ?

Same here less small birds, one swallow came then a week later another one, that is all, usually 10 or twelve nesting in the old buildings. Hope the two breed!!!

 

[matthew]

The last three years we have a Robin nesting in the Kubota yard tractor. Same place, same nest. Doesn’t seem to fuss if the tractor works, but a pressure was off afterwards may cause a few problems.

 

[hendrebc]

Had a bluetit nest in a hole in the block wall in my sheep handling pens. It would wait on the electric wire for me to go away before coming back to the chicks with food to start with but after a while it would get braver and later it would fly right past my face not giving even the slightest bit of notice to me being there. It did it for a few years in a row.
Bloody wasps in the same hole last year

 

[Lowland1]

I had to wait an extra month for my Househam Sprayer to be containerised as when they put it out in the yard some rare curlew or other decided to nest on it.