Hii Everybody
I recently moved to a house where there are Jackdaws living in my chimey pots. The house is hundreds of years old and there is a big cluster of tall trees in the garden of the house opposite and theese birds appear to be living in a big colony and have spread to my chimney pots and have most probably been in residence for many years. I've booked a chimney weep for the end of October to cap off the chimney pots and put a cowl on one but I would like any advice on whether the Jackdaws would be likley to rehome themselves elsewhere or whether I could get some suitable bird boxes to help them although I would need to think about where I could put them. Any advice or links would be very welcome.
They 're-house' themselves, no problems. In our case, after putting a cowl over our chimney, the Jackdaws took up residence in our neighbour's chimney.
If you want to build a birdbox suitable for Jackdaws (or several boxes, as they are sociable) look no further than our own forums
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/ask-an-expert/114865/building-a-jackdaw-nest-box-advice
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Just be prepared for a lot of sticks and things to come out of the chimney - you probably don't need to offer them alternatives as they are very resourceful and as long as the trees are still there they shouldn't have a problem.
Cin J