House Martin eggshell
I don't pretend this has any photographic value at all. It is purely a record for myself. We have three House Martins nestboxes. One has been commandeered by Sparrows, one I have seen adults going in and out. I assumed the third was empty. This morning I found this half eggshell below the third box.
In case anybody doesn't see the significance of this let me explain. When an egg hatches the parent birds fly a distance away with the shell before dropping it. This is to avoid giving predators a sign as to where the nest is. I can only assume that either the parent dropped it accidentally leaving the nest or given the nest is very high and has a tiny entrance they felt safe just dropping the shell.
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