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Broken Bird Box

  • 12-02-2021 4:09pm
    #1
    baconsarnie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭


    Hi, i purchased two bird boxes last spring. Both have broken in the same way, split right down the back.



    Has anyone else ever experienced this?


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  • #2
    baconsarnie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭baconsarnie


    Sorry, picture attached now!


  • #3
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    extreme frost, i reckon


  • #4
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    baconsarnie wrote: »
    Hi, i purchased two bird boxes last spring. Both have broken in the same way, split right down the back.



    Has anyone else ever experienced this?

    Glue wasn't suitable for exterior use I'd say.....


  • #5
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,310 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    fryup wrote: »
    extreme frost, i reckon

    Yep, I'd say the same - rain gets absorbed by the wood, temperature drops, the water freezes, ice expands and splits the wood.


  • #6
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Not saying whether this particular nestbox was rubbish to start with but there's some real horrors for sale on eBay today. If people want to kill two birds with one stone (sorry) they could do worse than buy a box, or boxes, from a reputable source like Birdwatch or the RSPB.

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  • #7
    baconsarnie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭baconsarnie


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Not saying whether this particular nestbox was rubbish to start with but there's some real horrors for sale on eBay today. If people want to kill two birds with one stone (sorry) they could do worse than buy a box, or boxes, from a reputable source like Birdwatch or the RSPB.

    It could be that. This is 3 best boxes from the same large hardware / garden centre chain and all three have split.

    They all have been attached to a wall (north facing) with a screw to hook them.


  • #8
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    baconsarnie wrote: »
    It could be that. This is 3 best boxes from the same large hardware / garden centre chain and all three have split.

    They all have been attached to a wall (north facing) with a screw to hook them.


    You could try making your own and all you could possibly want to know can be found in this book: https://www.bto.org/our-science/publications/bto-books-and-guides/nestboxes-your-complete-guide


    nestboxes-complete-guide-cover-c.jpg

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  • #9
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    you don't even need a book plenty of tutorials online & youtube, nice way to fill the day and you don't have to be good at woodwork either

    anyway the birds aren't going to complain


  • #10
    hirondelle
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭hirondelle


    Also OP- if the three boxes are on the same wall, they may be too close together? If they are the tenants spend too much time arguing over tterritory that it can affect them negatively.
    For the boxes you should be able to screw on a thin piece of play at the back to get over the splitting (I would agree that the glue may be unsuitable and they also may not have nailed the parts in the first place.


  • #11
    baconsarnie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,154 ✭✭✭baconsarnie


    hirondelle wrote: »
    Also OP- if the three boxes are on the same wall, they may be too close together? If they are the tenants spend too much time arguing over tterritory that it can affect them negatively.
    For the boxes you should be able to screw on a thin piece of play at the back to get over the splitting (I would agree that the glue may be unsuitable and they also may not have nailed the parts in the first place.

    Nope, I meant three boxes over three years.

    Good idea about plywood. I think that might work.


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