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Grand Designs… Part I With the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) about to launch National Nest Box Week, Matt and Polly decided to get to work. A couple of kind folk with half an acre of woodland plus garden gave permission for a nest box extravaganza at a mystery location in Dorset. Nesting species last year included robins, wrens, blue tits and spotted flycatchers. Other frequent visitors include great tits, goldcrests, nuthatches, green and great spotted woodpeckers, barn and tawny owls and kestrels. Four nest boxes were made following designs obtained from the Wildlife Trusts and another three were bought or donated. Pesky squirrels frequent the area and so the tit boxes have benefited from armoured plating at the entrances. Matt and Polly spent a couple of sunny, January afternoons sawing, drilling, nailing and hanging out in the woods in an effort to provide homes for a variety of birds from a blue tit to a woodpecker. Currently we have 2 boxes with 25mm holes, 2 with 32mm holes, a wren box, an open fronted flycatcher box and a woodpecker box. Will the pesky squirrels be kept at bay? Will the homes be attractive enough for the fussy flycatchers, picky peckers or tentative tits? Check back regularly throughout the spring and summer for images of doting parents and hungry kids and news of the expected avian residents. |
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LINKS BTO
National Nest Box Week RSPB
- nest box designs Lincolnshire
Wildlife Trusts - nest box designs
Blue
tits have already been seen inspecting the nest boxes around the
house… will they take the next step and move in? Check back
soon! … |
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