You'll need a length of timber, a few basic tools, a modest DIY ability and a couple of other bits and bobs. You'll find full guidance below...
The easiest way to make your bird box is from a length of decking timber, gravel-board or similar wood. Ideally your timber should be 150mm-180mm wide and about 1.5 metres or longer. 15mm - 20mm is an ideal width.
2 x sides (150mm x 200mm x 250mm)
1 x back (150mm x 350mm)
1 x roof (150mm x 220mm)
1 x front (150mm x 200mm)
1 x base (150mm x approx 110mm)
Please note that all sides, back and roof can be cut to exactly the sizes shown but the size of the base depends on the thickness of the wood you are using. If your wood is 20mm thick then the base should be 150mm x 110mm, if it is any other width then you can calculate it by doubling the thickness of the wood and subtracting this from the width of the wood. So if your wood is 150mm wide and 16mm thick the base will be 150mm (width of plank) minus 32mm (double the thickness). So 150mm x 118mm)
We're still completing this section. We'll be making a few more nest boxes soon, and photos of the different stages will be a lot easier to follow than text.......
And I'm really sorry, but despite my assurances, the weather has beaten me each time. We would like to have had a few more nest boxes up by now, but we'll make it up in the Autumn. The good news is that we have tree sparrows in two boxes and blue tits in another. We have not seen any comings and goings from our boxes near pitch 7. But I am hopefull still.
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