Hanging up the chestnut box - which direction?
A tit box is fully booked when the entrance hole points in the correct direction. How to do it right:
- Ideal direction: the entrance hole points east or south-east
- Second best orientation: box opening points north or northeast
- Wrong cardinal points: west or south
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Tit boxes facing west remain orphaned. The wise birds know full well that a home with this orientation will be under water when it rains. Vacancy is also preprogrammed if you have one Bird house Hang facing south. The blazing sun transforms the nesting aid into a sauna that is hostile to chicks.
Attaching the tit box - How high to hang?
Tree tops are the best place for a tit box. The right hanging height protects the feathered inhabitants from access by voracious predators. This is how high you should be nesting box to hang up for tits:
- Suspension height: 1.5 to 4.0 m
- Free approach lane
- Ideally surrounded by Tit dumplings as feed stock
Animal-friendly hobby gardeners have an open ear for the great housing shortage in the local bird world and install several tit boxes. So that hard-working tit parents do not get in each other's enclosure, you should hang up birdhouses of the same design at least 5 to 10 meters away.
Hanging up tit boxes - when and how?
The best time to hang up tit boxes is in autumn. Then birds can squirrel, Wild bees and other garden animals safely overwinter under the protection of the box. Please use rustproof ones for fastening to the tree Stainless steel nails and sheathed wire. That way, a tree doesn't have to pay tribute with injuries for serving as a site for a tit box.
Hanging the chestnut box on the balcony - is that possible?
In urban living space, trees are in short supply that bird lovers will enjoy nesting box(€ 37.54 at Amazon *) can hang up. Natural balcony gardeners don't have to be told twice and hang up a chestnut chest. These criteria are important for a pair of tits to move in:
- Suspension height: at least 1.5 m
- Location: shady to partially shaded, protected from rain under eaves or awning
- Stable: firmly mounted on the house wall
- Safety: without a perch as a potential hide for predatory ravens or magpies
Please avoid a location directly above the seat. Please hang the tit box at a sufficient distance from climbing and privacy protection plants that cheeky cats use as climbing aids to attack defenseless tit chicks.
Tips
Did you know that one Star box is just a slightly larger tit box? That is why hobby gardeners use manual skills to build homes for both species of birds. The main difference is that Hole size. Tits enjoy a precisely fitting entrance with a diameter of 26 to 28 mm. The entry hole on the starling box is 45 to 48 mm in size.
