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Birdhouses for both small and large birds

When spring is about to arrive at the end of February, many birds begin looking for an ideal place to build a nest. In woodland areas, diseased and old trees are often felled, even though these are precisely the kinds of trees birds seek out, as they often have small holes and cracks. As a result, there is often competition for the very best breeding sites – especially in residential gardens – which means that not all birds find a safe and suitable place to breed. Garden owners should therefore put up birdhouses to help birds find a safe new home. At Hokus Krokus, we have a wide selection of different birdhouses and nesting boxes suitable for both small and large garden birds. We even have special tit boxes, great tit boxes and owl boxes if you would like to narrow down the types of feathered visitors to your garden.

Birdhouses all year round

If you are interested in attracting more birds to your garden, putting up birdhouses and nesting boxes is essential, among other things. But before doing so, you should consider whether your garden provides suitable conditions for birds – otherwise, it may be extremely difficult to persuade them to settle in a birdhouse and build a nest.

There are said to be 3 absolutely fundamental requirements that must be met before cavity-nesting birds settle in gardens:

• Plenty of varied food

• A sufficient number of hiding places from various birds of prey

• Good breeding sites

Cavity-nesting birds mainly eat small insects and seeds, but during summer and autumn they are also very fond of berries and fallen fruit. If you have many berry bushes and fruit trees in your garden, you should therefore not throw the berries and fruit away at the recycling station, but leave them on the ground, as the birds will feast on them throughout autumn and winter. You should also assess whether there are enough evergreen shrubs and trees in the garden so that small birds can easily hide from birds of prey, among other things.

Place the nesting box near bird food

Once you have acquired a birdhouse, bird box or nesting box, you should place it no more than 20–30 metres from the bird food. This is because breeding birds do not fly far from the nest to find food for their chicks. You should therefore preferably have large quantities of fat balls and birdseed near the nesting box, as many birds – such as the coal tit – fly back and forth more than 50 times with food for the chicks in the nesting box.

The country’s largest selection of birdhouses

At Hokus Krokus, we stock the country’s widest selection of quality birdhouses, bird boxes, bird nests and more. Many of these have built-in feeders, which means that the bird food is protected. This prevents the birds from sitting in the food, while also ensuring that they only dispense the food they actually eat. This prevents food waste – and diseases do not spread as easily because birds cannot defecate on the food. Our red, Swedish-inspired birdhouse/feeder from Wildlife Garden is an example of a birdhouse with a built-in feeder, designed for sparrows and tits in collaboration with ornithologists.

If you are more interested in attracting large birds of prey – such as owls and falcons – we also offer, among other things, an attractive owl and falcon box from Nature Life made of untreated oak. When putting up an owl box, make sure it is positioned high in a tree and faces away from the direction from which the wind normally blows.

If you would like to hear more about which bird boxes would be suitable for your garden, please feel free to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.