Swift Nest Boxes

[citychick]

I know I am a little late for this year now, but I was wondering if anyone has plans/instructions for making your own Swift nest boxes. I have seen about 20 flying over head this year (havent paid attention in previous years) and would love to give them some nesting opportunties but dont want to spend £35 a pop! Husband is an Engineer so would be more than happy for me to give him something to do

Thanks in advance.

Lauren

[gecko]

If you have a look at the following link, there are some PDFs with instructions for making swift nest boxes. Apparently they are only rarely used unless you play swift calls to lure the birds in, although I expect this will vary from place to place.

Installing Swift Nest Places.