All reports

United Kingdom

Blackbird woven blue strip from anti-weed sheet into nest (Julie Everett)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Small nest made with lots of plastic wire (Kate Wemyss).

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Plastic bag/wrapping incorporated into Blackbird nest (Paul Lancashire)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Strands of plastic interwoven into small nest 15cm diameter (Ramona)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Bright green artificial fibres included Blue tit nest after fledglings had moved on (Richard Graveling)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Extensive use of debris by Eurasian coot in next building (Carl Franklin)

4 years ago

Germany

Uncompleted nest of great tits in a wood concrete nestbox containing black plastic bristles of a broom or a brush (Stefan Bosch)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Various plastics in Blackbird nest & in beaks as they built the nest (Shaun Murray)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Herring gull with a fish hook stuck in mouth, and line trailing out of mouth.

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Remnants of parts of a plastic tarpaulin entwined in the nest.

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Two strips of thin clear plastic interwined within nest (Gareth Lowe)

4 years ago

United Kingdom

Incorporation of plastic fibres from tennis balls in the main body of the nest (Helen Crabtree)

4 years ago