By Matt Blake


A tangled mess of twigs, string and urban junk, this bird's nest may look bulky... but it's as light as a feather.

A plucky thrush has built her roost inside a traffic light on one of Leeds' busiest junctions.

She and her partner spent the last few days painstakingly piecing it together from whatever they picked up from around the West Yorkshire city's centre.

Red light: The plucky bird built her roost inside a traffic light on one of Leeds' busiest junctions

The refuge has become so large that it hangs precariously over both sides of the amber light's hood.

But in terms of food it is the perfect location.

The busy pair have been have been hunting for titbits from picnic crowds as the hot weather brings more people out.


Whatever the feather: The busy pair have been have been hunting for titbits from picnic crowds as the hot weather brings more people out

Thrush hour: The birds have caused quite a stir among commuters

The bird is very alert and pokes its nose inquisitively out of the nest at the sound of almost every passing footfall.

They are not the first lovebirds to get cozy in bizarre locations.


Life saver: Yesterday a coot was found to have made her nest in the middle of a floating life ring in London's Kensington Gardens

Patient: The coot spent weeks building the nest and then waiting for its solitary egg to hatch

Yesterday a coot was found to have made her nest in the middle of a floating life ring in London's Kensington Gardens.

And earlier this month staff at The Green Man, in Welling, Kent, were stunned when they discovered that a Blue Tit had hijacked a cigarette bin in their beer garden.


Home tweet home: Earlier this month staff at The Green Man, in Welling, Kent, were stunned when they discovered that a Blue Tit had hijacked a cigarette bin in their beer garden

Hatched: The chicks will be fed by their mother until they are old enough to leave their unconventional nest

The plucky bird clearly wasn't put off by the smell and made a makeshift nest out of feathers, twigs and moss.

And in the same week, a robin redbreast was discovered bedding down in a bookshelf in St Aldate's Church in Gloucester before successfully hatching three adorable chicks.


Comfortable: This cheeky little lady has won the hearts of a congregation at St Aldate's Church in Gloucester


Life jacket: A blue tit built a nest in an emergency life jacket



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