The countryside and natural nesting sites for birds are diminishing to make way for housing, roads and industrial development. For Bats, boxes offer an alternative resting place to replace natural ones in tree holes, and also to encourage bats into areas where there are few such natural sites.
So, we’re looking for people who have spare pieces of wood and would like to donate them to us so that we can make Bird/Bat boxes and Bird Tables to help with conservation.
Alternatively, you may wish to help out by having a go and building one yourself. If you do, please see the following links.
Bird Boxes
http://www.bto.org/nnbw/make.htm
Bird Tables
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpingbirds/feeding/birdtables/making.aspx
Bat Boxes
http://www.bats.org.uk/pages/bat_boxes.html
If you do have any spare wood, please let us know so that we can see if it is suitable and arrange collection.
Also, you may wish to build one to place in your garden. If you do, please let us know and send us updates and pictures.
Thanks
The team!
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