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Hi I am wanting to clean my nest boxes but at least three of them (3 of 4 that can be seen from the living room) are still being visited occasionally during the day (2 by tree sparrows and 1 by starlings). If I clean them now I am worried about disrupting their night time roosting. Should I just...

I'm delighted to welcome back to the blog Derek Niemann, who's been building a bit of birdie 'real estate' in time for the BTO's National Nestbox Week: House hunting began in my garden this morning. There were two - no, three - couples inspecting, but thankfully, while they weren’t...

Hello Starlings have been in decline for a number of years. Its a bit too early to see what sort of year they have had nationally but between 1995 and 2007 the population declined by 31% according to the Breeding Bird Survey results. Some of the potential issues in urban areas are a lack of suitable...