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Originally Posted by canis.rufus  Hiya,
All the bat box schemes I am involved in (in Bucks) use Schwegler, which are the gold standard for boxes; very successful, but rather expensive. Recently we have started putting basic wooden tit boxes next to them. The tits prefer the bird boxes, and because they are territorial they stop other birds from using the bat box next door, leaving it free for bats! We need a few more years to be sure, but there has been a marked change in the couple of years since we put them up.
There is a small cravat that this has worked for the 2F and 2FN type boxes, but the birds seems to prefer the 1FD boxes over the bird boxes. I also don't know if it would work for other types of bat boxes.
Good luck with what sounds to be a very worthwhile project.
- Toby. |
This is an interesting approach - hope it works and look forward to seeing some data published
The territory thing ought to work - just as long as the birds don't move into the bat boxes for second or third broods. Maybe the bats will then move into the used bird boxes
henrya