Sunday rolled around and the urge to build another nest box was hard to resist. The Kestrel house was straightforward to build, but as with the Tawny boxes, it took some messing about with ropes and ladders to get it in place; its facing East over the pond, (pics above taken while up the ladder) and if the birds don't move in, I'm tempted to!
So, raptors now have their quota of houses built for their needs, so next weekend I will need to focus on boxes for woodpeckers, blackbirds and robins etc. The Swift nest boxes that I put up last year are still in place on the front of the house but did not tempt any swifts to move in. Maybe, just maybe this year each of the bird species will recognise which house they are supposed to be in, and duly take up residence.
