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Post by matt on Apr 25, 2020 8:43:05 GMT
Your sideviews not in use this year Paul? Or do you not have sideviews? I must admit they couple I made did not get a more than a couple of fleeting looks. The vast majority of my visits this year were to two of my more traditional looking boxes - not too far off this flat roof box, actually.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 25, 2020 9:01:44 GMT
Nothing in my side boxes this year, The side view box is personally my favourite I like the view you get when you get a nest.
I got my side view boxes before my flat roof, Autumn 2015, I have 3 side boxes and 2 flat roof boxes.
From 2016-2020 I've had 2 nests in my side view boxes
from 2017-2020 I've had 5 nests in my flat roof ones (would of been 6 but one female went missing one year leaving an half build nest)
I didn't really think about it much but when looking back over it they are my most successful boxes in terms of my BT nests yearly.
Like this year I have two BT nests both in flat roof boxes and I only have 2 flat roof boxes 10 boxes in total but we will say 7 when you take out the swift box, starling box and sparrow box.
3 side view boxes
2 flat roof boxes
2 pitched roof boxes
All being GN boxes.
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Post by matt on Apr 26, 2020 21:08:43 GMT
Good info Paul. Seems like side view boxes are good for us, but not perhaps a favourite with the birds! If you really want a nest in one, you probably need to get rid of your flat roof boxes?
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 27, 2020 17:06:49 GMT
Probably Matt,
Like I said I only have 2 flat roof boxes and they are both being used by BT's and they had the pick out of all my boxes.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 30, 2020 16:31:01 GMT
Good info Paul. Seems like side view boxes are good for us, but not perhaps a favourite with the birds! If you really want a nest in one, you probably need to get rid of your flat roof boxes? Looks like other people have picked up on this about the flat roof boxes Matt, Look at this tweet I just seen before, Interesting just adds to it that isn't just a fact in my garden.  |
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Post by matt on Apr 30, 2020 16:54:57 GMT
Thanks Paul - more useful info. How high is the internal ceiling from the centre of the entrance hole, do you have a rough idea? I think maybe they like it quite cosy in there, so long as it is big enough of course. The most popular boxes in the studies that Benn linked were circular inside and only 11-12cm in diameter - which seems tiny, but then bluetits are pretty tiny as well! Sideview boxes of the model we have are quite big inside, really.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 30, 2020 17:25:41 GMT
Measurement from the roof inside down to the centre of the entrance hole is around 12cm in the flat roof boxes Matt.
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