GD found this in one of our 5 year old acer trees, so only about 10 feet tall. She’s been looking at it nestled in between a couple of branches all winter and the other day she asked if she could take it down to look at it. It is exquisite – tiny and perfectly formed. It’s only 6cm across and I’m pretty sure that it belonged to a chaffinch.
They make their nests from grass, moss and feathers bound with spiders webs and lined with feathers and wool, decorated with lichen and bark. The one we found even has horse hair in it. It really is quite beautiful and most definitely a Good Thing.
