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leon-b said:
My brother got into this a few years ago, so our garden is packed with the things
.I remembered him talking about having the boxes the rite shape and having the rite sized hole, so a bit of googling turned this site up, it seems to have all the information you could want.
http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature/birds/birdbox.htm
One thing I would suggest is don't only make boxes for the birds you get in your garden, make a couple for birds you don't see as well, you never know you mite start seeing them if you do.
Hope you find this helpful.
leon-b said:
Sounds good, you get robins almost everywhere, either that or a "Nest-box for small-hole nesting birds" lots of different birds can use them.
Come to think of it the one kind of bird box we haven't got is a starling box, mite have to have a go at that. The numbers of starlings round here have really gone down in the last 10 years.
The second set of plans on that link has all the measurements and the design for that kind of box.
No problem . The "Nest-box for small-hole nesting birds" plan on this link would be a good one http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.or...rds/birdbox.htm just scroll down till you see it.
Yes little birds can be very territorial but only towards other little birds, they wouldn't mind the starlings.
. The "Nest-box for small-hole nesting birds" plan on this link would be a good one http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.or...rds/birdbox.htm just scroll down till you see it.Yes little birds can be very territorial but only towards other little birds, they wouldn't mind the starlings.
leon-b said:
Oops sorry, here we are http://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature/birds/birdbox.htm .
leon-b said:
Hmm, plywood isn't grate for outdoors stuff, it would be ok if you put it rite under the eaves of the house or somewhere ells dry and sheltered because it doesn't stand up to the elements very well (it tends to warp and split in the damp). Mind you thats pretty thick plywood you've got there so I'm shore it will work, it mite not last as long as real wood thats all.
6 by 3/4 inch (thats roughly 15cm by 2cm) planks are good, thats what the designs in that link are based around (so it makes it easy). Then whatever you use give it a good cote of wood preserver and you'll be fine.
all that is left now is to drill the hole and add the lid, it has lots of gaps but i have filled these with glue.
fenlander im looking forward to meeting up again, i take it you mean not this sunday but the one after ?
leon
fenlander im looking forward to meeting up again, i take it you mean not this sunday but the one after ?
leon
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Just a little tip for when you're working with wood - instead of filling gaps with glue alone, take some sawdust from the sawing part of the job, and mix it with glue. Make a thick paste and then use that as a homemade wood filler, which won't shrink, and when dried can be cut, chiselled, sanded etc. Also a whole lot cheaper than buying tubs of wood filler.
