Robin chicks snuggle up in a shed
A group of robin chicks have made a cosy home for themselves within a net at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre. When student Laurie Allnatt entered a storage shed on site, he found the surprise nest of chicks snuggling up together at the bottom of the net.
Learning Manager, Pam Styles said “Some birds always seem to find strange and innovative places to make their nests and this was a really great find. The robin chicks are very young and we must be very careful not to disturb them. We have been watching their mum fly in and out of the shed to give them food. She is often perched on a tree right outside the shed guarding the area.”
This is not the first time a feathered family has picked an unusual location for their future home at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre. “A few years back one of our grounds staff was sweeping up, then he leant the broom up against a wall while he went for lunch. When he came back a swallow had made a nest on the top of it! We left the nest alone and found another broom!” Pam added.
As well as the common sight of a robin, Llanelli Wetland Centre welcomes tens of thousands of migratory birds that visit every year.
