Rookery Restored.

During the summer the Rooks which inhabited the Horse Chestnut tree outside my bedroom window suddenly disappeared during the course of one day, along with many others from the village. At the time the law on pest species was in a state of flux and amid uncertainty as to whether the Rooks would remain on the list or become a protected species, did someone do a precautionary cull, 
perhaps at the night roost over the other side of the A35 ?  All went silent for a while, but this week a few of the birds which must have survived, returned to the Horse Chestnut  and are busily rebuilding three nests.

Rooks back in the Horse Chestnut.

 A pair of birds are working on the nest at the upper right and a single bird, probably the female, waits by the rather sparse nest in the centre for her mate to return with another stick which she will, with much pushing and pulling, add to the nest