Little post about little birdies

Use plastified chickenwire or one whole out of plastic because the calciumchlorid might corrode others, eating away at the galvanisation of the wire.

If you don´t have the one out of plastic or don´t want to use it, use fine styrofoam flakes instead of wooden flakes and leave out the calciumchlorid.

You can also use plaster to make the birdhouses and nests, than you don´t need the calciumchlorid and can use  sawdust..but for the swallownest you need some crushed charcoal to colour the nest dark  or the swallows might not take it.


Also use only paint that is non-toxic and doesn´t clog the pores of the nests..it is important that the humidity can be balanced this way.


The entrance for the wrenhouse should be jutting out a bit so it doesn´t rain into the nest, no draft and  predatores have it harder to get in there.

Wrens like to breed in bushes, not higher than  2 metres. If you hang them higher, other small birds that like such closed nests, will take up residence there

Be careful and you can screw the nest directly on the wooden board instead of needing the wire...do it before the nest is fully hardened ..after one day you can still work with the slightly soft nest..after three days it is hard and dry and can be put up.

barnswallows like bowl-like nests while the house martin likes the nests as seen in the poster, closed  and only with a small entrance.

Barn swallows like to breed in barns, stables, rarely under the roof of houses.
But for example if the farm closed and the swallows have no longer a barn to breed, they will breed on the outside of the house under a wide roof that keeps them shadowed

Martins breed on the outside of houses, on the walls, outside of barns.

If you are not sure what lives in your area, put up the bowlshaped nests up,because the martins will plaster the nest shut to their liking ...but a barnswallow will not use a nest that has only a small entrace..