Following on from the previous post – New Project, Sunday saw myself, Paul and Mart, who had kindly offered to help, installing the 2 Kestrel boxes. Having 3 of us definitely made it a lot easier, still fairly hard work but a far lighter load with Mart aboard.
In 3 hours, we stood and postcreted both pole boxes in – 18 bags postcrete apiece, substrate added, finished digging a hole, the results look very inviting hopefully.
When I took the struts off on both Monday morning, a female Kestrel was present on both occasions in the vicinity, due to the distance from each other, I like to think separate birds.
However, time will tell and hopefully they will also provide hunting perches which in turn may lead to a connection to each box.
It may be that Stock Doves or even Jackdaws may take a shine to the boxes but hopefully the Kessie’s will get there first and bond to the nest box.
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