Strange place for a nest!

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What bird left this nest under the hood?

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Bird nest under the hood. Photo: Onu Tareq

I just got an email from Onu Tareq - Bangla Deshian who lives in Finland. Maybe someone can help Onu what to do with this nest.

Yesterday I took these photos from my friends car, actually in the car, just by the engine under the cover! And it is something that I have never seen before, a wonderful perfectly made bird nest with 6 eggs ! How can it be, that a pretty new car they are driving everyday always with a closed cover gets a nest built inside? How can it be explained? Let us know if you know the reason and what we can do to save the nest and eggs or the chics when they are hatched. What species is this? Eagerly waiting for your reply. Onu

Can you help Onu? Please leave your answers in the comments below.

Anyone knows what species put these eggs here and what to do with the nest?

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http://donaldthebirder.blogspot.com/ Donald Morse Jr.

I am not familiar with the birds of Finland, but my guess is it is some kind of tit nest.
Anders Paulsrud

Probably Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata. A nest and egg of Spotted Flycatcher can be see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannu_kuukkanen/3138991676/.
Best Regards
Anders Paulsrud
Sweden
Hans-Georg Wallentinus

Could be a spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), they can place their nests in odd places. Is there still a bird visiting the nest it should be possible to verify the species but if the car is used daily I doubt if there are still any birds around. Maybe the car has not been used for a week or so allowing the bird to build the nest and lay the eggs?
Anders Paulsrud

Or White Wagtail , Motacilla alba (as suggested by Stefan Lithner). Egg and nest of this species can be seen here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Linerleegg.JPG&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linerleegg.JPG&usg=__LcZc4qGSq_S4MioQ6UqCQGRaQro=&h=1074&w=1264&sz=821&hl=sv&start=32&um=1&tbnid=Q9R7XGpghVHWqM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522white%2Bwagtail%2522%252Begg%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dsv%26lr%3D%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:sv:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLL_sv%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1
http://www.gebbe.com Gebbe Björkman

To me it looks as a clear nest of White Wagtail.
The eggs do not look like those of a Spotted Fly-catcher.
Thus almost certainly a Wagtail.
Onu

THANK U ALL,
so far we understand , its White WagTail..
lets see if they can hatch, i,ll let u know