I have a decorative amphora in the garden held vertically on a stand. I was surprised to find that we have blue tits nesting in it and from the racket they make when mum turns up it is is a full brood. I'm just a little concerned though about how they can get out when fully fledged. There is no way to climb out as it is too deep and indeed it is beyond vertical. The adult birds clearly have no problems flying vertically out but will the kids be able to manage it as their first flight? It looks like this basically and is about 2 foot tall. www.britishmuseum.org/.../1613330300
we were wondering about that. Alternatively we were thinking of jamming it into the hedge at about 45 degrees to make it into a kind of nesting box.
I feel that it would be open to predation in that position ... thinking rats in particular! Maybe make the amphora unavailable and put up a nestbox!
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I expect we'll do that then :) Thanks for the advice!