A Mother's love

Today,I have a wee story to tell. One that could have had a very different ending!!

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day here on the east coast of Scotland. Murray decided to spend it tidying up our garden. In our front garden there is a tree / bush which I think is a conifer. It has been badly neglected as we haven't touched it since we moved in last year.

well it looks a lot worse now!

Murray set to work with the electric hedge trimmer. He went up one side and a little over the top , but stopped. He saw something move a tiny bit. It was a Mummy blackbird! Sitting on top of her nest, waiting to make the ultimate sacrifice for her babies!  The blades must have been inches from her!

Of course Murray stopped immediately! But we were worried, what if we have left them too exposed? What if we have been too close and Mummy and Daddy would abandon the nest??  We kept a close eye. We had never once seen the birds go in and out, which is why we were going to cut it.! Still no adult birds came by. We peeped in and saw 4 brand new babies nestled in there alone.

But surely a Mother who was willing to risk her own life to protect her babies would come back??

And she did! We have watched them tirelessly work, flying back and forward. Mummy and Daddy blackbird being the ultimate tag team , protecting and feeding their young.

K is especially enthralled, standing on a chair by the window, throwing bread out to help the little family.

I will follow the progress of this tiny heroic Mummy and her little family and hopefully watch them grow.

I sneaked a photo of the nest today, you can't see them well yet but they are tiny, grey and see through with a little bit of fluff!

Our tree/bush will remain this lopsided and ugly until after the nesting season! But inside it holds something so beautiful!

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