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from "david" contains these words:

"..... but maybe goose eggs would be more likely?...."

Don't you think a Goose would be rather obvious in a small front garden?

Not if the garden contained an enormous beanstalk.

But seriously, large ground-nesting birds can be masters at not being
seen during nesting time. You would hardly imagine broody peahens can
conceal themselves easily, but ours did.

Janet