National Nest Box Week No comments yet

Our bird friends are an important part of our environment and to help them out we should all be putting up nest boxes in our gardens.
Today sees the start of National Nest Box Week and this website will give you information and tips on making, buying and positioning your boxes.

Swift Boxes installed No comments yet

The swift boxes have been installed on John Muir House, front and back, just in time for the arrival of the swifts – hopefully they’ll be put to good use. If you look under the eaves of the first picture – that is them! The other picture shows them being installed above the front entrance. Sadly no pictures of Abbie in the cherry picker though!

We still have a twin box and two single boxes, so if anyone has a suitable property and would like to put them up, please do get in touch. If your the box will be over-hanging someone else’s ground, you’ll need to ask them first as well (this includes public ground such as pavements). Email convenor@sustainablehaddington.org.uk

Nesting boxes welcome returning swifts No comments yet

The Council and the Sustainable Haddington community group have got together to welcome back the town’s swifts from their winter break in Africa by providing nesting boxes at John Muir House, Council’s HQ.
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Nest Box Event No comments yet

The finished products

The approach to the Poldrate was filled with the sound of hammering for Nest Box week 2009 as Caroline Freeman (see right) East Lothian Countryside Ranger, showed some Haddington children how to make nest boxes.  Thanks very much to her for coming along and helping us out with this, it was inspirational, and the children enjoyed it immensely.  Thanks also to Stephen Wray for making up the kits. The finished products

Many of the nest boxes were taken home to be  put up in local gardens, but some of them were taken home to Polly’s shed.  Given that not much birdlife is likely to find it’s way in there, if anyone has a good idea for what to do with these, let us know.

National Nest Box Week No comments yet

Please help our feathered friends this week by building or buying some nest boxes and putting them up in your garden, or in a local park. Make sure you locate them carefully to ensure they are safe from predators and the prevailing winds and rain. You can also register your box with the BTO so they can keep records of breeding success. You can get more information here, or pick up a free information pack from Haddington Library.

Sustainable Haddington hope to host a nest box building event at the end of the month, so watch this space for details!