Anyone know what bird builds this nest?

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Does anyone recognise this type of nest? I’ve watched it being built for a few weeks now, and can hear babies, but I’ve never seen the bird that built it!

This has freaked me out but I have to know what it is !! It can’t be a rat if you can hear them chirping ?
Is there any signs of poo anywhere ?

Looks like the blair witch project! I don't think you want to find out what made that. Suggest a pest control person or an exorcist.

Bloody hell that's huge. Very intrigued to know what it is!

9 foot nest!!!

Jeez I'm not sleeping properly at the moment as it is

I'm wondering if it's an owl?

As someone has already asked, what noise are the babies making? And how do you know there are babies? Jackdaws will build upon existing nests of the same species and as already stated, whole chimney flues can be filled with jackdaw next material. We pulled out six bin bags of the stuff.

Best material, not next material

Ffs NEST!! We need editing abilities!

I know what you need to do!!

You need to buy a motion activated camera, set it up in the building aimed at the hole, and see if it captures what comes in!

Whatever it is now owns your house.

Back away quietly.

Bloody huge!! I seem to recognise the style of next building but can't for the life of me think of what it was!!!

Mice make chirping noises like birds as babies.

I've only ever caught mice in traps when I've put the trap in a doorway (leave the door open an couple if inch and put the trap on one side just inside).

So I'd imagine rats are just as wary of traps.

I don't think it's rats. If it was, your chickens would be nervous (if I read it properly that they're in the same building). Rats don't tend to build nests out of sticks, not in my experience but happy if someone doesn't agree (they just tend to hole up in things and chew everything and anything in sight and add it to their nest).

I think corvid family too as they look pretty big sticks. Is the noise the babies are making cheeping? Rats wouldn't be cheeping....

that's not mice, that's sheep

I agree corvid or owl maybe?! Or ostrich?!

Jackdaw seems likely. If you Google pictures some of them are enormous.

It's a jackdaw's nest. The pile of sticks I cleared out of my chimney before I had it capped was about that big.

@Haggisfish ostrich It's about the right size!!!

Looks like jackdaw is the winner

Google images show several fireplaces full of nests looking like your picture where the nest has come down

Is it a squirrels dray? HNRTFT

If there are chicks in the nest you would normally ger the parents flying in and out all day long with food.

I was going to say jackdaw
We've had some in a outbuilding and one down the chimneys before we capped them - huge!

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/facts-about-jackdaws/

I’ve googled jackdaws and we do have them (I thought they were crows!) in the trees? Hopefully that rather than rats! I love the idea of owls or eagles though! The doors get shut so the entry is the small window at the top, probably not big enough for owl or eagle?
It’s hard to explain, but it just sounds like baby bird cheeping? Like you hear in birds nests?
The traps are baited with normal meat, we didn’t want to risk poison so close to the chickens (who can’t get to the trap)

Magpies maybe?

Yes, I would agree with Jackdaw looking at this
ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/291036-jackdaws-get-grand-designs-in-roof

That is a Jackdaw nest.
100% certain. They are brilliant birds, so intelligent 😁