Budding Cottage

Well, we finally worked out where the knocking sound was coming from – a spotted woodpecker was trying to drill into the nest box on the wall that contained a family of blue-tits.  What I didn’t realise was that woodpeckers did this to try and get to; and eat, the baby birds.  So, we had to try and stop it!

After a discussion about using plastic discs, mesh or something else; but needing to not nail into a box with living contents – we found a plate on the trackway that looked like it had fallen off a car underside.  It had two holes in it.  With a handful of filer/glue we were ready to go and I leaned out of the bathroom window to afix said solution.

Three quarters of an hour later the blue-tits were happily going back in and out…. now we wait.

24 hours later the woodpecker came back – but left more rapidly than before.  Let’s hope it got the message. (No additional pecking on the box sides).  However, its too late now to check on the blue-tits.  Here’s to hoping they are still okay!