Crows nest high up = good summer. Old wives' tale?

Jade-clothing

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Has anyone heard the old wives tale about crows building their nests in the top branches of trees meaning it's going to be a good summer ?
apparantly its because crows are rubbish at nest building so if they know it's going to be a wet or windy summer they build them lower down in the tree so they dont fall apart .
anyway I just noticed the crows nests are right at the top this year so I'm hoping it's true !
 

John Marwood

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It would also match up with my forcast of the hottest, but slightly late, after a freaky June, summer, since 1976

A lot of commers in there, they were two, for the price of one, yesterday
 

Jade-clothing

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It would also match up with my forcast of the hottest, but slightly late, after a freaky June, summer, since 1976

A lot of commers in there, they were two, for the price of one, yesterday

You're own personal forecast based on hope - or one based on actual fact?
 

Graham

Graham
It's rooks nests you're refering to. They'll repair and re-use their previous years nest. Young birds which build for the first time will have to build where they can. This may be high up or lower down depending on available space. Nothing to do with the weather.
 

rbellamy

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Not even the Met Office with all their technology can tell you what weather we're going to have in 4 months time, so I doubt anyone on here can. Or the birds for that matter. Much of it depends on the whims of the Jet Stream.
 

John Marwood

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Not even the Met Office with all their technology can tell you what weather we're going to have in 4 months time, so I doubt anyone on here can. Or the birds for that matter. Much of it depends on the whims of the Jet Stream.

Betting talk
 

darben

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I think because the trees haven't come into leaf yet because of the weather, the nests appear much more prevalent this year as they would normally be camouflaged by now.
 

Graham

Graham
I think because the trees haven't come into leaf yet because of the weather, the nests appear much more prevalent this year as they would normally be camouflaged by now.

There'd be no trees in leaf yet in a warmer year.
 

Graham

Graham
Well 35 years of professional involvement in arboriculture says that any of the trees that rooks are nesting in would all still be bare in the first week of April. The only exception may be horse chestnut which in an early year would just be flushing about now.
 

Jade-clothing

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We were commenting on this yesterday - those crows/rooks certainly know what they are talking about too Mr. Marwood :)
 
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