National Nest Box Week

National Nestbox Week starts on 14 February every year.

It will soon be that time of year when birds start to look for the perfect spot for the upcoming breeding season.

Are your nestboxes ready to welcome visitors?

Originally founded by the BTO, the British Trust of Ornithology, National Nest Box Week encourages the public to put up nest boxes in their own gardens or local areas to support their local bird populations. Natural nesting sites such as holes in trees or old buildings are fast diminishing as people 'tidy' their gardens and old buildings are replaced with new constructions.

By putting up a nest box or two in your garden, not only will you be offering your garden birds a safe, warm space to raise their young, but you also benefit from the wonderful sight of busy parents building their nests. If you're really lucky, you'll see the fluffy fledglings making their first tentative exit from the nestbox and into your garden!

Nestbox guides

Finding the right box for your garden birds & where to place it for the best success: Nestboxes for birds from SongBird Survival

Guides for building your own nest box from the BTO: Putting up nest boxes for birds

The British Trust for Ornithology nest box guide includes: Why we need nest boxes / Buying a nest box / Building a nest box Looking after your nest box

The National Nestbox Week website also has tons of info on installing & building your own nest boxes.

About

National Nestbox Week is an established part of the ornithological calendar. Celebrated from February 14th each year, it puts the spotlight on breeding birds and asks everyone to put up more nestboxes in their local area in order to promote and enhance biodiversity and conservation of our breeding birds and wildlife.

National Nestbox Week was first established in 1997.

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Bird boxes & Feeders in the Muddy Faces shop.