January 16, 2020 by Cherry Lane
National Nest Box Week starts this week, the aim is to encourage people to put up nest boxes to help breeding birds and help promote the conservation and diversity of wildlife.
But what type of nest box do you put up? We have created the below guide to show you what type of bird use which type of next box.
Birds that prefer a small entrance hole
- Blue Tit
- Nuthatch
- Coal Tit
- Pied Flycatcher
- Great Tit
- Redstart
- House Sparrow
- Tree Sparrow
- Marsh Tit
Birds that use open-fronted boxes
- Pied Wagtail
- Robin
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Wren
Birds that require a bigger entrance
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Starling
Large hole nesting birds
- Jackdaw
- Stock Dove
- Tawny Owl
Bird with special requirements
- Swift
- Barn Owl
- Kestrel
- House Martin
- Swallow
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