I was delighted this morning to find that our resident Collared Doves have been busy raising another brood of chicks outside my window.  They nest in a small box that has been fixed to the arm of the satellite dish, which seems to be a good position for them – they’ve used it to raise their chicks several times since I’ve lived here.  I had had my suspicions about the existence of some babies for some time, but only today got round to actually looking properly.  Two little chicks!

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