Alpaca wool for birds nests

I'm probably wrong about those sheep being dipped or not.
I expect by the time I collected it, and by the time it had been lying around in my garden, most 'stuff' would have been washed out. I didn't actively hang it out for them, and it was still in situ when I put it in the compost bin.
When you see some of the stuff birds collect for nesting, it's probably no worse than any of that though.

 

This wool is supposedly ideal for birds nests but so far there has not been much interest

 

Birds will collect sheep wool off fencing etc anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much about it being dipped or not.
I bet alpaca fluff is lush!!
I used to throw balls of horse hair around the fields for the birds, but they were never as interested in it as I was, lol!!

 

I have used alpaca wool in holders for several years now - I source the wool from that famous auction site. I have one round wire holder and a rectangular fat block holder (one for front garden and one for back garden) that have been almost half emptied already. There is nothing more comical than watching blue and great tits flying off with what look like 'Viva Zapata' moustaches as they drag beakfuls away.

 

I've often seen birds on horses/ponies' backs, plucking hair out when coats are changing from winter to summer ones @Mrs. B.
It's true though - sheep wool is all over fencing, and it's not getting put through a 60 degree wash for whites before it ends up there.

 

True @fairygirl - half of it will have bits of mud and leaf in it, much better for nests I reckon. I'd want that sort of wool in my nest at least!

 

Aye - a bit of nice healthy dirt never did anyone any harm @Mrs. B.

 

@Debs64 is that Graham in your avatar? He's looking good. Don't worry too much about the apparent lack of interst in your wool. Birds are quite suspicious at first of anything 'foreign' in their environment and once they have sussed out that all is safe they will take some.

 

Yes it’s an old photo of him enjoying some lettuce especially grown for him. I have moved the alpaca wool so it’s nearer the tree and shrubs I think the birds will prefer that.