Nest with baby birds

[Rollergirl11]

So DH and I decided to do some well needed tidying of our garden yesterday and disturbed a birds nest. We managed to keep it salvage it in terms of it being relatively close to where it was although it’s now a lot more visible and therefore more open to predators.

I observed the Mum going back and forth with worms yesterday and I could see the chicks (there are 2 of them) sticking their heads up with their beaks wide open. I don’t think their eyes are open yet.

Today I have not seen the Mum going to feed them at all and I haven’t seen any sign of life from the nest. Is it likely that they’re dead? And if so what could have happened given that all seemed well yesterday? 😨😨😨

I have no advice and really really hope that all is well and someone with more knowledge comes along, but:

At my first skim read I thought you meant that your mum was going back and forth with worms which was a lovely albeit odd image!

As it was made more visible, a predator will have taken them. Prob a magpie. At this time of the year hard pruning should be avoided.

Ah that’s what I feared. I feel so bad!

Oh bless them. What a lovely thing to see. I love baby birds.
So sorry that they probably didn’t make it though.

That’s a shame. We have a really long hedge down one side of our garden and never prune it between March and August. We do it once a year towards the end of August.

Best to avoid pruning during nesting season for this reason Op.

Oh, that's so sad.

You do need to be more careful, though. It's an offence to intentionally disturb nesting birds, and some would say that includes doing things that are obviously likely to do that, like pruning during nesting season.