Four of us got together for a couple of hours to refurbish the dilapidated nest boxes we took down last weekend. We even had one visitor from a well-known prison camp run by the USA.
Many of the nest boxes we have surveyed this winter have been damp or even wet inside – perhaps not surprising when 2012 was the wettest year on record. We therefore put a backing and roof of damp proof course on the nest boxes. The newly refurbished nest boxes will be used to replace any damaged ones when we complete our survey this Friday.