In article ,
David Robinson writes:
Following advice from this thread...
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.d-...2ef95c259bfdea
...I put some extra vents from soffit level straight into the loft
space.

While cutting into the soffits, I've found birds nests! It seems the
cheeky beggars have popped under the bottom tiles, pecked the felt
away, and made a nice home for themselves on top of the inside of the
soffits.

I've stood outside the house and watched - and they're still at it!

I've found three separate nests, but there may be more - the one I
found when cutting into the soffit wasn't visible from inside the
loft.

Should I be worried? It's not that easy (as DIY) to do anything about
it. The soffits are over 1m lower than the level of the loft "floor",
so difficult/impossible to reach from inside. It's also impossible to
reach the felt to fix it.

Any ideas? Professional help? Ignore it? Hook them out?

The bird have not been _into_ the loft itself, and don't be able to
get once I put the insulation on the rafters.

Given they had not been causing any problems, and your roof
construction is such that they're spaced well away from the
body of the house, I would ignore them.

Note that if you do decide to remove them, I think you can
only do it at certain times of year outside of the breeding
season (which would be now).

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Andrew Gabriel
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