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Evening earth people,
Here are the pic’s ref the very simple to make bird nest house.
Now the first pic is of what you’ll need,
(1) ie some wire" ive used thin flexible gardening wire, but for larger pot’s you can use wire coat hanger’s
(2) Pot "in this case its a very small clay pot ideal for blue tits etc, it’s water tight, warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
(3) A piece of backing wood, & 2x screws for fixing to a wall or tree,
4x screws for holding the wire in place "this holds the pot to the wood,

Ive screwed the pot here onto a peice of chip bourd so you can see the idea if it was screwed to a wall or tree etc, of how it looks when finished & mounted.

“Note”
The cross of the wires in the centre of the pot must not block the entrance we’re the birds will fly in & out,
So cross the wire just below the “HOLE”.

Well there you have one of the very easy to make bird nesting homes,
You can paint the clay pot and do all kinds to make them more attractive.

As we had visitors today and i couldnt get to take pcs of the two of these clay pot nesting homes ive had on the wall at our gite for approx 9 years now ‘ill take the pics of those two tomorrow and put them on here for you to see how they’ve weathered through all the winters etc,
birds have used both of them this year, And they are just normal clay gardening pots i had laying around the greenhouse “nothing special”.

I hope this gives you a chance to help the birds and enjoy something you’ll not find in the gardencentre costing an arm and a leg. (they are cheep) “sorry i just couldn’t resist that one”
Good gardening to you all,

• 8 Jun, 2013
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