Sparrows and bird boxes

[Littlesparrow]

Now that the leaves are falling or fallen off the trees I can see where all the old birds nests are. The large shrub which the House Sparrows use has three nests in it and as far as I know they were all successful in raising their young this year.
would it then be worth putting up any nest boxes in or near this shrub, or is it best to leave alone and concentrate on other birds? I thought the sparrows may use boxes for shelter in the Winter ?In which case I could put some below their nesting site.Any ideas?

[Acipiter]

Are you sure their not tree sparrow? house sparrow usually nest in holes or a crevice, I can not help with the nest box thing, I do not consider my self to have the experience on what would be the out come if you disturbed them in this way sorry.

[Littlesparrow]

I thought they were house sparrows because they fly around in a group of nine to fifteen birds, the shrub is quite dense in the Summer.

[Dogghound]

House sparrows nest in shrubs as well. It would be good to put a sparrow terrace up maybe on a building or on a tree yes, lots of close single nest boxes also work for sparrows. I would avoid placing them in locations which can be naturally used for nesting.

[faz]

tree and house sparrows fly in large flocks and mixed aswell put ur nest boxes up see who raises a family as far as im aware sparrows dont revisit old nests (i may be wrong ) but all sparrows i have watched over the years dont

[Dogghound]

Originally Posted by faz

tree and house sparrows fly in large flocks and mixed aswell put ur nest boxes up see who raises a family as far as im aware sparrows dont revisit old nests (i may be wrong ) but all sparrows i have watched over the years dont

They often use the same nest for multiple broods. They re-use ones in cracks each year, but add additional material to them, they sometimes do the same in bushes.

[Littlesparrow]

Right I will put up some boxes on the cool side of the house which is near the shrub, and I will take a very close look at the Sparrows to see if I can work out which type they are as their habits seem to be the same.

[faz]

Originally Posted by Dogghound

They often use the same nest for multiple broods. They re-use ones in cracks each year, but add additional material to them, they sometimes do the same in bushes.

thanks for the info dogghound