Wild birds of all kinds need the support of animal and nature lovers and forest and garden owners. With nesting aids, the reproduction of numerous birds can be made much easier. Thanks to the nest box, these birds do not have to build their own nests, but get by with less material, which can also be provided. The nesting boxes protect the birds from enemies and, depending on the material, whether wood or wood-concrete, ensure a good climate in the nesting box.
Which birds need our help? The question arises, which are they not? With nesting boxes, depending on the species, you can support tits, sparrows, blackbirds, nuthatches, swallows, woodpeckers, sparrows and starlings, but also owls, owls and kestrels. Mammals such as the hedgehog with the hedgehog dome or the bat with a bat box, as well as insects for which there are special insect boxes, also need support.
In the past, the common redstart was thought to be the summer variant of the robin. Today, many people don't even know the colorful bird anymore. This is because it is rarely found in our gardens. In order to stimulate the urgently needed help for the bird, the redstart was voted "Bird of the Year 2011".
The native bird species, including the starling, are increasingly being displaced in their habitat. Due to the high infrastructure and fewer and fewer nesting opportunities, it is not easy for starlings to care for their young. A nesting box can help here, which you can easily build yourself using the instructions.
In the garden you can hear rustling in the leaves or beautiful birdsong, then in most cases it is a blackbird. While the bird used to live shy and withdrawn in the woods, it has become more and more used to being close to houses and even nests there.
When cats are out in the garden, it can be a lot of stress for birds. Young birds in particular are easy prey. Here you can find out which methods bird lovers can use to make hunting more difficult for cats and how they can protect birdhouses and nesting boxes from them.
Robins not only delight with their bright breast coloration and their song, they are also extremely useful in the garden and keep harmful insects at bay. If you greet the robins in the green with additional feeding and a suitable nesting box, you will gain effective helpers.
Blue tits are looking for suitable nesting sites as early as February. They start building their nests relatively early, usually in March or in April at the latest. The birds willingly accept the nesting boxes that are hung up for them everywhere. They could breed in natural tree hollows, but there is a lot of competition. How can you support them as a hobby gardener?
Nest boxes are a welcome support for our native birds, as they find fewer and fewer opportunities in nature to build a safe nest. What is important when hanging up a nesting box and what the direction of the compass means is here.
The days when birds could easily find their nesting sites in hedges or dead wood are long gone. This is especially true for cave breeders like the woodpecker. If you want to do something good for him, build him a nest box. As this is explained here.
