First egg of the year

My daughter has been feeding empty birds' egg again. Each summer she points out loads of them to me, which I would have just walked past. I guess that’s kids for you.

Her first one this year is pretty early: on 13th March she found an empty Wood Pigeon egg a couple of streets from our house.

Wood Pigeon egg, Shipley, West Yorkshire - Tuesday 13th March 2012 

Looked good for a Wood Pigeon egg, but I checked the books to be certain.

Wood Pigeon egg, Shipley, West Yorkshire - Tuesday 13th March 2012

Neatly opened around the middle. Looks like the chick hatched successfully and the parent carried the shell away.

Spring is here – now bring on those migrants!