birds eggs

[prigmore]

In my garden I have had in this last week two birds nests one a sparrows and the other a blackbird raided of their eggs. One day the poor birds are tirelessly building the nest and two days later the eggs are missing! We are wondering if a hovering Magpie would do this? There does appear to be a prolification of these birdsin recent years. Or is it a snake? Any suggestions welcome. Thanks

[Bellringer]

A list of suspects
Local cats
Magpies
Grey Squirrels

[prigmore]

Thanks Sadly it must be the magpies then. Nature is very tough sometimes!

[Schutzengel]

Cats don't steal bird's eggs.

[scrappy123]

rats do aswell