"Have you ever seen a Tree-creepers nest?" somebody asked me.

I've seen them being built but being able to see into one is highly unlikely. They are usually behind a sheet of bark that is for some reason pulling away from a tree trunk but still firmly attached in a thick tangle if ivy so that predators cant get in or, as in Railway land reserve, Lewes, where there isn't much suitable bark, deep in the tangles of Ivy branches.

Here's one carrying some nesting material and about to squeeze himself in-between the Ivy creepers ( one wonders if perhaps that's were in got its name? Its more likely to be a description of the way it creeps up a tree trunk thought. By the way I took this photo with a telephoto lens and at just a few yards away the bird is very well camouflaged unless the sun is on it, which is usually isn't. The have a habit, or should I say technique, of flitting from the top of one tree to the bottom of the next one and working there way up the shady side of the trunk looking of insects etc. But, if you cant see them you can usually hear them, they have long brittle and sharpe claws that make a very distinct noise. Their call is quite quiet in comparison but very high pitched and hard for a human to hear unless you are very close. Have a list on your bird call App if you have one and have a look at a shot in the sun that I got today...

and here is a close up of those claws. Bye for now, Steve