Dean Birders
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Holes |
25mm - Blue Tit & Coal Tit. 28mm & 30mm - Blue Tit, Coal Tit & Great Tit. 32mm - Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow & Nuthatch. |
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Open Front? |
Good for Robins, Wrens & Spotted Flycatcher |
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Position |
Place about 5 - 10 feet off the ground, brass nail or screw to fix to tree trunk facing between NE & SE (out of the worst weather), under cover of branches in a tree or Ivy leaves. Just to shelter from midday sun, winds from the West and heavy rain.
If you position a box on an open wall or post it makes it easier for predators & weather to get at the birds nesting in them. |
(Open nest boxes)
The same as hole boxes but also site in good cover behind vegetation to protect from predators.
Caution:
It’s worth remembering when you go to clean out a nest box that there might be a wasp, bee, mouse or other animal in it, so open the box cautiously. Mice and other mammals will do you no harm. If you suspect wasps or bees, slowly move away. Avoid disturbing the box until later in the year when the cold weather will have killed off any remaining insects.
Safety.
When handling products that have been in contact with wildlife I recommend you: