Hi folks,
I want to build a nest box for blackdirds. No problem, you think! However i have fields at the back of my house and last year a Sparrow Hawk or something similar, killed a blackbird in my garden. I also have numerous Magpies who i have seen taking chicks from nests (very distressing) and i also have numerous squrrells. So you see, the odds are stacked against the poor Blackbirds. Can anyone suggest a design for a nest box which would incorporate a panel at the front so that predators could not enter. I have seen "open plan" boxes that resemble Alpine lodges but they offer no resistance to attacks. Ques. Could i make a larger nest box with an appropriate size hole for blackbirds to access. I really would like to help these poor persecuted birds.