With nature and a camera

Chapter V. Nests, eggs, and young

Oyster-catchers' nests

We have met with several Oyster-catchers' nests, consisting of hollows scratched in nice dry, soft earth, and lined - or, more strictly speaking, paved - with empty winkle and other small shells picked up on the beach below, and in one case, in the South of Ireland, with one inlaid entirely with sun-dried rabbits' droppings.

Oyster-catcher's nest

Last spring my brother, whilst staying with a friend at his country house in Norfolk, was shown a hole in a hollow tree through which a pair of Jackdaws and innumerable Honey Bees were constantly travelling to and from their respective nests in the utmost peace and harmony. The birds went down the trunk and the bees up it.