i built this double box for sparrows last year next day put it up by my rear bed room window. next day my daughter Alys calls me dad there a blue bird on the box they move in to the side nest after trying both and had two sets of chicks .while in the front box moved in a sparrow couple both blue tits and sparrows spent a lot of time arguing they both had families and they are back this year . I've also got GrEAT tits in a box on a conifer next to me shed in the shed I've had robin blk bird nest and a old kettle in a honey suckle has had robin nest . i lay food on for them and talk to them .....REMEMBER THEY ARE WATCHING YOU ALL THE TIME IT THERE GARDEN TO there are mates gorby
hi lead farmer i live in Birmingham were real estate is expensive and hard to find i think that's why its first come first to get and with a kind human to watch over them it home sweet home
thanks Aliesh - no I don't feed the birds much as they generally help themselves to insects, grubs and worms, plus crab apples and variousberries...not many sparrows either now that I think of it...the odd robin and wren and blackbirds....
thanks you must put up a feeder wit sunflower seeds goldfinchs greenfinchs as well as the rest of the gang will show up no need for a radio in your garden .
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I have a bird box i fit it 6 moths ago.. initially some birds came but suddenly they stop? dont know what's the issue? what advice you guys will give?
I see that you don't live in the UK Stephen - whereabouts do you live and what sort of birds are you hoping will nest in your box?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i built this double box for sparrows last year next day put it up by my rear bed room window. next day my daughter Alys calls me dad there a blue bird on the box they move in to the side nest after trying both and had two sets of chicks .while in the front box moved in a sparrow couple both blue tits and sparrows spent a lot of time arguing they both had families and they are back this year . I've also got GrEAT tits in a box on a conifer next to me shed in the shed I've had robin blk bird nest and a old kettle in a honey suckle has had robin nest . i lay food on for them and talk to them .....REMEMBER THEY ARE WATCHING YOU ALL THE TIME IT THERE GARDEN TO there are mates gorby
Ive often found that a newly placed nest box might get used for roosting straight away, but wont get used for nesting for the first couple of years.
hi lead farmer i live in Birmingham were real estate is expensive and hard to find i think that's why its first come first to get and with a kind human to watch over them it home sweet home
thanks Aliesh - no I don't feed the birds much as they generally help themselves to insects, grubs and worms, plus crab apples and variousberries...not many sparrows either now that I think of it...the odd robin and wren and blackbirds....
love your pics gorby!
thanks you must put up a feeder wit sunflower seeds goldfinchs greenfinchs as well as the rest of the gang will show up no need for a radio in your garden .
sunflower seeds? better than peanuts? i have no idea what blue tits like, as you can probsbly tell...