In an echo of the global day of environmental demonstrations, we spent the day in the valley rigging up bird and bat boxes. The weather was idyllic, nobody fell out of any trees and Keith’s dance-floor injury didn’t hold him back.
The bird boxes all have hole sizes to suit Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers: both of which have bred in Spring Wood in the past and continue to do so within a few miles.
Mike tackles a bat box. Ladder, nails, hammer…what could possibly go wrong?The bat boxes are constructed from joists which were formerly part of Roger’s roofWhereas the bird boxes are a bit more professional Richard and John in actionSpring Wood, Mike and John all looking beautiful in September sunshineHow would any self-respecting Flycatcher not want to nest in there?
