Bay boxes

[ronscams]

Having no luck with the usuall bat boxes that are available, I have just downloaded a manual on making the 3 and 5 chamber nest boxes from the states, compared to our usuall bat boxes these boxes are very large, one being 24 inches wide as anyone else on here tried these boxes for british bats.

[thunder]

I am trying an experimental three chamber bat box - no bats as yet (must look again soon). Remember that in rural or suburban situations, box take up is VERY low. They come into their own in coniferous woodland

henrya

[ronscams]

I have spent the last hour cutting out 4 of the 3 chamber bat house, though I have scaled them down a bit, we have lots of bats useing our loft during the summer months, so I will be putting a couple up on the side of the house

[thunder]

Originally Posted by ronscams

I have spent the last hour cutting out 4 of the 3 chamber bat house, though I have scaled them down a bit, we have lots of bats useing our loft during the summer months, so I will be putting a couple up on the side of the house

Definitely worth a try - but I bet they'll prefer your loft

henrya

[ronscams]

They do prefer the loft where over 50 bats live during the summer months, I only found out we had bats a few years ago when going into the loft I found over 100 adult bats dead alot with their young still clinging on to them all over the loft floor, I think there was a shoftage of food around as I lost many baby birds in the nest boxes at the same time. I hope to put one of these boxes on each end of the house in the next couple of weeks.

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by ronscams

Having no luck with the usuall bat boxes that are available, I have just downloaded a manual on making the 3 and 5 chamber nest boxes from the states, compared to our usuall bat boxes these boxes are very large, one being 24 inches wide as anyone else on here tried these boxes for british bats.

Do you have the link for downloading the manual please

[ronscams]

I can send it to you and anybody else that would like, just send me your email address and I will send it as an attachment.

[The Woodman]

Have been making and using these designs from Bat Conservation International for about eight years with success, particularly with soprano pips in woodland. Currently the five multi chambered boxes have a handful of hibernating pips in them as do the "economy" bat houses as they call them in the States.
One of the multi chambered boxes has a annual maternity roost in it with between 70 -80 females situated in broadleaf woodland.
If anyone would like a simplified instruction sheet on how to make the basic box using just three pieces of slate batten and two pieces of plywood (plus other bits and pieces), please PM me with your email a/d and I'll return details.
These boxes are easy to make and uptake is high.

[ronscams]

Thanks woodman for sending me details of the bat box, these look even easier to make than the normal ones you see for sale in this country. I have a couple of these and also made 2 of the 3 chamber ones to go on the house and one large 7 chamber one to go into the roof space. this one will have a web cam connected to it.