I have a Robin building its nest in my greenhouse. Surely this will be too warm in the sunny months to come.?

Question

Should I discourage it?

Answer 1

I think I would discourage it if it has only started. It seems cruel but as you said - it will be far too hot in there for the young to survive. Perhaps you could put a robin nest box up somewhere near to the greenhouse and it might not be too late for the robin to use it instead. I think they should be facing northeast or southeast in the UK. South-facing are too warm and north-facing too cold.

Answer 2

There are articles by people who may have an agenda other than the absolute truth. Science marches forwards and we figure out stuff that we did not know earlier. There are multiple factors. Did you know that NASA found that the Ice Caps on Mars are melting? Mankind could not possibly have caused that, right? The Sun has got to be going through some kind of cycle. When we look at weather history, with evidence found in the ground, tree rings, major historical events, it becomes pretty obvious that the planet has had several cycles of global warming and global cooling, long before human technology was playing much of a role. I do not believe that any one thing is responsible. It is a combination. That makes it difficult to analyse which is "more" or "less" responsible.

Answer 3

If birds have not raised their young in your greenhouse before probably would be a good idea to tear it out until the robin moves on. There are plenty of places for the robin to build. They do sometimes build their nest on man made platforms with a roof. You can probably find plans on the internet.

Answer 4

No, just make sure there is water easily available for the mummy bird as she is going to be busy for a couple of weeks.

Make sure the door never gets shut on her and if you are still worried you could hang some shade netting on the outside of the glass.

Buy some of those yukky worms they like an sit back and enjoy it, besides, you don't want a neighbour reporting you to the RSPCA do you?

Answer 5

No. They will be gone long before the temperatures become harmful. They only use the nest during reproduction which only lasts at most a month. Once the babies are old enough to fly they move on.

Answer 6

Once a Robin build its nest. Let it go. The baby birds grow up in one week and their gone.

Answer 7

Tony guesses the length of incubation period as "Twelve to thirteen days, but since there was a frost the night before Mrs. Robin started incubating, I'd say thirteen for her."
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/robin/CockRobinFacts1.html
........................Just a Guess..........................
2 or 3 weeks of training time from mama bird you have maybe a 4 or 5 week period.
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....................The real Issue is ....................
Does mama bird understand the workings of mother nature. Of course. So in all probability the bird knows better than us what she needs and wants.
Just sit back and enjoy the baby birds yet to come.... and make sure all have access to get outside.

Answer 8

No, we had one build in our garage which did get hot in summer but she had her babies and they survived....don't you just feel good knowing you've been chosen? They recognise the area by the things left outside it when they first made the nest, so please don't change anything.

Answer 9

I would. How is it getting into your greenhouse? I thought they were all completely enclosed in glass to keep the heat/humidity in?

Answer 10

No, in about 2-3 weeks they will be gone, long before it gets to hot. Enjoy them while you can.