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Hi all,
As Autumn comes and people prepare to place nestboxes ready for the spring, I have 3 Q's For you:
Coal
Birding , Birding, Birding !
I sadly have had nothing yet, but it is early!
Sam
Hello Coal
I have one nest box on the side of the house for bluettits with a camera.(the box not the bluetits LOL). They successfully raised 7 chicks this year, all the brood survived and used the feeders in the garrden for weeks. They have used it for the 3 years it has been up.
One sparrow terrace on the front of the house as we did not have any sparrows and I wanted to attract them. Used successfully by Great tits. They nest in one compartment and use the others as en-suite toilets.
Another single nest box on a tree, used by bluetits.
I have just bought a tree creeper nest box to erect this autumn. They do visit the garden so it would be amazing if they bred here.
No autumn visitors that I know of but the chaffinch population is increasing steadily again.
Kind regards Jane.
Hi Coal
Great to see you here!
I have two nestboxes.
One has been made for me and it has had 4 lots of blue tits and a successful 4 broods - the birds love the box
The other nestbox has to get a resident - bought from the RSPB
No autumn visitors yet!
Regards
Kathy and Dave
I have three blue tit nest boxes around the garden. One pair were inspecting one near the house on Monday. Fingers crossed as it has never been used yet.
Unknown said: I have three blue tit nest boxes around the garden.Only one was used last year but not this year. One pair were inspecting one near the house on Monday. Fingers crossed as it has never been used yet. Oh and we had a pair of blue tits last year in the hole in the wall of our house and this year sparrows used it. So much for putting up bird boxes lol.
I have three blue tit nest boxes around the garden.Only one was used last year but not this year. One pair were inspecting one near the house on Monday. Fingers crossed as it has never been used yet. Oh and we had a pair of blue tits last year in the hole in the wall of our house and this year sparrows used it. So much for putting up bird boxes lol.
Hi all, now is certainly the time to be thinking about nestboxes. We would recommend a good mix of different types. Most garden birds will be fiercely territorial so you are unlikely to get more than one pair of any particular species nesting in a garden. There are some tips on nestboxes on our website http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/nestboxes/
Hi Coal I have a Sparrow Terrace that was used by a family of Coal Tits and another single box that is investigated each year by Blue tits but never used its been there for about 4 years and this year we have planted a Honey Suckle to give it a bit of cover. Never seen anything go in the boxes in the Autumn but I keep watching.
I used to be indecisive................... But now I am not so sure.
Hi all and thanks for the feedback,
Coal :)