Non-native animals like rats, cats and mongooses kill flightless birds and raid nests.
VOA: special.2009.05.12
Birds build nests out of sticks to hold their eggs and baby birds.
VOA: special.2010.03.28
In addition, with cuckoos laying their eggs in other birdsnests, there may be issues with their key hosts, such as the meadow pipit and dunnock, being in decline.