Breaking News – April 2026
The line of Swallow boxes placed under the covered shooting area 2 years ago have some residents at last! One of the boxes is now occupied by sparrows!
Our closest neighbours have had barn owls take up residence in their workshop, Men-in-Sheds have made an approved design nesting box for them.
Birds are important members of many ecosystems. In a woodland ecosystem for example, some birds get their food mainly from plants. Others chiefly eat small animals, such as insects or earthworms. Birds and bird eggs, in turn, serve as food for such animals. Birds play a vital role in keeping this balance of nature. Birds play key roles within ecosystems.
- Birds eat insects. They are a natural way to control pests.
- Many fruit-eating birds help disperse seeds. After eating fruit, they carry the seeds & deposit them in new places.
- Birds are often indicators of environmental health, so protecting them can help us monitor and address environmental changes.
- Furthermore, many people enjoy birdwatching and find solace in observing and appreciating these creatures.
Our Native Hedge Project is one of the best features to benefit a wide range of wildlife, especially birds, providing food, habitat and shelter. Our Meadow Flower and Insect Projects also compliment our Bird Project.
Clearing our stream and developing our pond provides water year round.
We have provided a wide range of bird boxes, from Tawny Owl, Tits, Robins, Wrens and Swifts.
Our woodland management has created lots of piles of logs, twigs and leaves where birds will be able to flick though during winter, looking for hibernating invertebrates.
We leave lots of windfall fruit and berries for ground-feeding winter visitors such as redwings and fieldfares.
As part of our 2024/5 Crowdfunding Campaign we offered Bird, Bat and Insect hotels made entirely from recycled large pallet wood and continue to be swamped with demand. Well done to our Men-in-Sheds team for organising a production line, especially for the bird boxes!
As demand has continued during 2025 and our experience/knowledge and interest in bird box design has developed our product has improved both from production and quality aspects so we will build up a stock ready to support next years demand again using recycled material and Men-in-Sheds spare time!