Post by elle on Apr 6, 2019 15:29:44 GMT
Matt, just following what Paul has said, I personally agree that there is no such thing as the ‘perfect box’.i have 3 boxes in my garden each with a different roof, 1 Plain wood Apex, 1 flat felted roof, 1 Angled box(side view), all have windows of round, square & roof window.
i have had successful fledglings out of all 3 in the past.
my flat roof has had to 2 half built nests + 1 abandoned nest with chicks (taken to wildlife centre) but still fledged chicks!
this box is facing east.
my Apex roof has had several successful nests and facing north, but since getting angled box last year the birds have not used it!
my angled box ( new last year) had 10 eggs and 9 fledglings its facing west. I was worried bout it cos it’s in direct sun all day from lunchtime. This is the box where my nest is growing at the moment.
All made out of different wood.
There are never a lot of blutits where I live ( only have 2/3 prs) but there is a lot of natural habitat , trees! And unfortunately I’ve not seen any Gts at all. As far as I know, I’m the only one in our street with nest boxes so you couldn’t put scarcity down to them picking other boxes
hope one all this info helps
Elle
xx