Gardeners have been advised to do one thing to their nesting boxes to attract robins in January. The red-breasted birds are ...

Robins will be looking for nesting sites as early as January - and bird experts say there's one important garden job you can ...

Birds primarily use nesting boxes to raise their young in spring and summer, but a simple change can turn the abandoned ...

Not sure where to put your nest box? BBC Radio Derby's ornithology enthusiast, David Tideswell, shares his tips on how to pick the right location and how to look after it. Boxes can be fixed into ...

ENDANGERED birds have been given a home from home thanks to a series of swift nest boxes with more due to be installed next year. The swift boxes have gone up in St John's in Worcester, providing a ...

They have become the must-have accessory for gardeners keen to help wildlife. But according to a new study, bumblebee nest boxes are a complete waste of time. Researchers from the University of ...

More bird-nesting boxes are planned to help combat the declining swift population after an Inverurie-based project by Aberdeenshire Council showed early signs of success. Swifts are among the most ...

Novelty bird nest boxes in unusual colours and designs could be dangerous for birds, the RSPB has warned. Bird houses decorated in bright colours or shaped to look like real houses, caravans or even ...

Some species, such as the marsh tit, preferred tree cavities as nesting sites Conservationists cannot consider nest-boxes to be a substitute for naturally occurring tree cavities, a study has ...

Gardens will be a perfect place for the birds to raise a family if one gardening job gets ticked off the list before the end ...

Conservationists cannot consider nest-boxes to be a substitute for naturally occurring tree cavities, a study has suggested. A study found the artificial nesting sites had higher humidity levels and ...