Double House Martin Nest Bowls
Double House Martin Nests from CJ Wildlife.
To encourage these chirpy, delightful, birds to nest they need to be able to either build a nest from a nearby muddy hole or use a purpose-made one; then a plentiful supply of insects to feed on the wing and live safely under the eaves of your house.
Providing an artificial nest bowl is a great alternative and House Martins will readily use artificial nests which encourages other birds to nest nearby. Colonies often average 5 nests.
House Martins are summer migrants to the UK, they spend their winters in Africa, south of the Sahara and, due to some moderate decline in their numbers over recent years, they are now on the Amber Watch List.
Today, with the changes in house construction they find it hard to find places, and the materials, to build their nests. The bird's mud nest is usually sited below the eaves of buildings so that they have free air to swoop in quickly to their nests.
The House Martin Nests are made from woodstone to replicate natural clay nests. They should be installed underneath the eaves on exterior walls of your house or outbuildings, at least 2m or more above the ground (we recommend asking a tradesman to install at heights over 3m).
When choosing a site remember that the birds’ droppings tend to build up beneath house martin nests, so don't fix nest bowls above a doorway or a window. If this is not possible then place a shelf about 25cm wide below the nest to catch the droppings if they cause a problem. Once you have fixed the nest bowls, it is important to let the birds’ nest in peace.
The CJW House Martin Nests are mounted on to FSC plywood 38cm wide x 12cm deep and 16.5cm high.
Standard delivery via courier is next working day to most mainland UK destinations for orders placed before 2pm (excl. weekends and bank holidays).
Customer Reviews
Just purchased so not had a chance to fix up yet, will put up in a few weeks ready for our new arrivals in May next year? Pleased with boxes though they should do the trick.
After a pair of house martins nested in my portacabin feed store last year, causing a minor problem inasmuch I had to knock and call out before I fetched a sack of chicken feed, so that they wouldn't take fright and desert the nest, I decided to welcome them back from Africa with a much higher standard of air B&B..
Ideally I would have put it just under the gutter of my cottage, but I found it rather heavy, and was nervous about climbing the ladder that high. I'm 69 years old you see.
Anyway, I managed to get it firmly fixed on the east facing wall, about 5 metres up.
All I have to do now is wait to see whether *my* house martins like it.
