Helo all hope you are enjoying the spring and what its giving us
i have a pair of blue tits checking in to my box and wondering if it needs to be emptied after the chicks fledge
thanks
No, leave nest boxes alone, do not clean them out until later on. Some do this Sep/Oct time, others later, into the new year but definitely by February when they will be looking to find a place to nest, they will roost over the autumn/winter in the boxes, somewhere to shelter from the wind, rain, snow and cold.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Thanks for that
I am one of those who advocates Sept/Oct. Leaving it later, when weather tends to be colder, risks unnecessary disturbance of potential roost sites. It also risks disturbance of nest site searching birds. Blue tits were going in and out of the box in Feb here some days.
I will clean out sometime around sept /oct and the ready for the foosting birds in winter months and new sites for spring
Yea i go will sept/oct too, due to the fact of potentially giving a bird somewhere to roost through winter