
Intruder in the nest
There is an unusual visitor to the reed bunting nest - a big black slug is crawling over the chicks, leaving slime everywhere. The mother reed bunting doesn’t seem worried by this. Chris Packham suggests that the slug is there by accident and won't do any harm to the chicks.
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