Tawny Owl Nest Boxes - fingers X'd

A productive Saturday; purchased some exterior plywood and set about building 2 x Tawny Owl nest boxes. - Hopefully more boxes for Bats, Little Owls etc. to come over the next couple of weekends. Anyhoo hoo, here are the two boxes which I built using a design plan from the RSP website, which I modified slightly to incorporate a front inspection hatch. I was surprised at how big the boxes were at 1.13 meters tall. (https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/activities-pdfs/tawny-owl-upright-nestbox.jpg) 

So, I had built them and then had the task of putting them up! I had one location in mind for about a year, so the first one went up in a jiffy and looks right at home. - Fingers x'd we get a Tawny or twooo!  Here is the first one in situ, it is in an Oak tree in the Eastern corner of the meadow.

The second box went up in the small copse near the pond, and is also in an Oak, about a meter or so higher than the first.

This was really a 2 person job, but with the aid of some rope, fisherman's knots and 'Heath Robinson' inspired approach, they went up reasonably well. I will have to keep an eye on both boxes as the trees will obviously grow over time and expand, potentially pushing the boxes off their fixings.