Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 28, 2019 11:05:31 GMT
I have never had success with a terrace either 
To be honest, When I put my sparrow videos on my twitter the main question everyone asks "Is this a terrace box I have had mine 3 4 5 years no success" so I think its a theme with these terrace boxes, hit or miss.
If I remember correctly aswell, Malcolm and Elizabeth had one but it was only ever used by blue tits so they made their 3rd box into a blue tit one because of this. I think I remember reading it on their website.
Yes just found it on the tech page of the website "The third nest box was installed in January 2007 and replaced a sparrow terrace that we had installed on the side of the house several years earlier. We replaced it because the only bird that had shown any interest in the terrace was a bluetit which took over the middle section in spring 2006 and successfully raised a brood of chicks!"
It seems pretty hit or miss the terrace, I had one for hmm 4 years I think (no cameras in) and we didn't even get any interest 1 year we got half built blue tit nests in 2 parts of it.
Why don't you install a single 32mm box where the sparrows nest Matt rather than terrace and see how it goes? Atleast that way it leaves it open to any bird really BT, GT, sparrow.
To be honest, When I put my sparrow videos on my twitter the main question everyone asks "Is this a terrace box I have had mine 3 4 5 years no success" so I think its a theme with these terrace boxes, hit or miss.
If I remember correctly aswell, Malcolm and Elizabeth had one but it was only ever used by blue tits so they made their 3rd box into a blue tit one because of this. I think I remember reading it on their website.
Yes just found it on the tech page of the website "The third nest box was installed in January 2007 and replaced a sparrow terrace that we had installed on the side of the house several years earlier. We replaced it because the only bird that had shown any interest in the terrace was a bluetit which took over the middle section in spring 2006 and successfully raised a brood of chicks!"
It seems pretty hit or miss the terrace, I had one for hmm 4 years I think (no cameras in) and we didn't even get any interest 1 year we got half built blue tit nests in 2 parts of it.
Why don't you install a single 32mm box where the sparrows nest Matt rather than terrace and see how it goes? Atleast that way it leaves it open to any bird really BT, GT, sparrow.