PRE-ORDER: Nestbox Ireland Bird & Bat Boxes

Nestbox Ireland boxes are handmade in Dublin by Shane, a transition year student. All nest boxes have been built to an approved design and have been painted with an environmentally friendly paint recommended by the RSPB. They are built using FSC Certified Exterior Grade European Birch Plywood.

Please note: This is a pre-order option so that we can offer the widest range of boxes in all current colour options. Please pay for your box when you pre-order to ensure you receive the type you want.

Tit Boxes: Boxes for Tits should be hung 2-4 metres up a tree or wall. Unless there is overhanging foliage to shade the box, It should face north or east to avoid strong sunlight and the wettest winds. Boxes can be put up at any time of the year but it is good to allow time for the birds to become accustomed before the nesting season in Spring.

Robin Boxes: Robins are traditionally friendly birds and will often appear to watch for worms when people are gardening. However when they are nesting they are secretive, so the box should be hidden in foliage against a wall or fence about 1-2 metres above ground. Boxes can be put up at any time of the year but it is good to let the birds become accustomed well before nesting season in Spring.

Bat Boxes: Bat boxes can be mounted on both buildings and trees. Try to position your box as high as possible in a sheltered sunny place. Ideally, boxes should be placed in different angles for different conditions. Bats need time to find and explore new homes, and it may be a few years before boxes have residents. You have to be patient.

Sparrow Terrace: The nest box should be placed high up on the side of a wall. The Sparrow Terrace has been designed to provide much-needed nesting places for our endangered House Sparrows. Usually, sparrows nest colonially so up to three pairs may be attracted to, and nest in the bird box. The sparrow nest box will come as three boxes together. They look like our it boxes but sparrows like to nest near each other.

Swift Boxes: The nest box should be placed high up in the corner of a wall. Swifts spend as little as three months breeding in the UK each summer before returning to Africa. They have traditionally bred in the ins and outs of buildings but these sites are becoming scarce as increasingly in modern and renovated buildings. Swifts have been declining in Ireland and the UK by as much as a third in the past twenty years, one of the main reasons being the lack of nesting sites.