Nest Material

[Guest Vic]

What is the best for the nest? Years ago I visited the pine woods around the  Birkdale/Ainsdale area.

Now I've settled for cut tobacco stalks for the initial part, and a day or so before laying, place an open bag of decent cut straw on the floor and leave it there until just on hatching. Vic.

[Tony C]

Not found anything better than tobacco stalks.

[Guest speckled]

:-/ well i use tabbaco stalks but dont matter what ya put down for the birds thay will find there own nest material :-/ bee what ya put down for them or if thay go looking for it  ;D ;D ;D,its the egg thats hatched in it is the best result. Speck(evil)(bunny)(evil)

[Beanz]

Using tobacco stalks and nest felts for the first time this year, always used straw before and never caught any harm but good straw is getting harder to come by hence the change.