NATIONAL NEST BOX WEEK

Give a bird a home and put up a nest box for birds in your garden. The aim of National Nest Box Week is to encourage everyone to put up nest boxes to help our breeding birds and other wildlife. The natural nest sites on which many of our bird species depend, such as holes in trees and buildings, are fast disappearing as gardens and woods are ‘tidied’ and old houses are repaired. So, whether you’re a family with space for a box in your garden, or you’re a teacher, a member of a local wildlife group or you belong to a bird club and could organise a work party, National Nest Box Week gives you the chance to give a brood a home. Not only will you be helping the conservation effort in the UK, but you will also have the pleasure of observing any breeding birds that you attract to your garden as they work to raise their young.

There are lots of nest boxes for birds and other wildlife such as hedgehogs, lace wings and ladybirds at St Bridget Nurseries in Exeter.