This week is National Bird Box Week. The idea is that just as birds start thinking about mating, we get their boxes up and cleaned.
We have three nest boxes in our garden. We never seem to have more than one in use at any one time. We have lots of birds nesting in our garden but they seem to prefer our mature natural mixed hedge and sometimes inside our garage (which is wooden and has a broken glass pane left as it is for birds to fly in and out).
We have three nest boxes in our garden. We never seem to have more than one in use at any one time. We have lots of birds nesting in our garden but they seem to prefer our mature natural mixed hedge and sometimes inside our garage (which is wooden and has a broken glass pane left as it is for birds to fly in and out).
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| Nestbox on the garage Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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| Nestbox on the garage Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
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| Nestbox on the hedge Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
This year we are putting up something special. A company called SpyCamera CCTV, who are based in Bristol where I live, make nest box cameras. They have sent me a nest box camera to trial and review. Mum and Dad thought about buying me one for Christmas but opted for a camera trap instead, to film wildlife and birds in the garden. They have sent me a SpyCameraCCTV, which is a wireless bird box camera with night vision (700TVL), with a Gardman bird box. I am really excited looking forward to watching baby birds in our garden this year (hopefully).
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| SpyCameraCCTV Photograph taken by and copyright Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig |
All our boxes are clean and up, so I'll keep you informed about whether any get inhabited this year.
If you haven't already, remember to clean your nest boxes and maybe get a couple of different ones up as well. All the ones at the ringing station need cleaning and checking as well, which is a big job.
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| Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Chew Valley Ringing Station Photograph taken by and copyright Oliver Edwards Photography |
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| Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Chew Valley Ringing Station Photograph taken by and copyright Oliver Edwards Photography |
About the writer
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| Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Scilly Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig |
Mya-Rose Craig is a 12 year old young birder,
conservationist, writer and speaker.
She is based near Bristol
Crossing fingers to have birds in your nests. My idea is to put some paddy straws in after cleaning.
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Zakir
Hi Zakir, that's a good idea and I've added some dry bits into our nests. We only usually get birds nesting in one or two of our boxes and so hope we do better this year.
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