Hi.
Can anyone recommend a pole mounted nesting box? The way the house is situated here means it is not feasible to put attach a none mounted nest box on the house Such as the one I have here www.amazon.co.uk/.../B004OG57VI
The only suitable place is facing West without tree cover or shelter so would probably be too exposed.
Ideally I need one on a pole which I can then place somewhere and be able to face in any suitable direction. Having problems finding anything / during searches I have only found large prey (owls etc) bird nesting boxes with poles attached.
Trying to get one up asap as it is round about nesting season now . .
Not sure of how to attach to a tree further up from the trunk as obviously the branches "branch out" and at no longer vertical. On a related note. Are there any nails-screws that are particularly made with trees in mind? I am just wondering about any damage that nailing a nesting box up might cause to the tree. All I know is that copper should be avoided (as using some form of copper is supposedly a way of killing off unwanted trees).
Here is the bush btw. Not suitable to put a nesting box in there unless it is secured to something else (hence the pole which would of course have to be secured in the ground).
"Current science is starting to indicate that the copper nail stories are not based in science. But studies are still ongoing" This could indicate the lack of videos showing that this method works. I recently looked one up on youtube (I think it is the only one there) and the conclusion of the video is, er . . . well, no spoilers, lol. See for yourself www.youtube.com/watch I have looked at the advice here on the main website and it says something about attaching boxes to trees using wire. But, er. I cannot really see a viable way of doing that without having to nail something into the tree - which would invalidate the whole point. I could hang something from a branch, but then it would blow around in the wind.