Welcome to the second in a series of three posts designed to help you choose the best bird box for your garden or other outdoor space.
This article includes a list of our top 10 bird boxes for positioning on a wall or fence. The first and third posts cover the best options for installing on a tree in a garden, park or woodland and for building into a new build or development.
For each box we have provided a quick guide to the material that it is made from, the entrance hole size and the species that the box is suitable for.
• Made from: Softwood (FSC)
• Entrance: 25mm
• Suitable for: blue tits, coal tits, marsh tits, crested tits
2. Schwegler 1SP Sparrow Terrace
• Made from: Woodcrete
• Entrance: 6 x oval (32 x 50mm)
• Suitable for: House sparrows, redstart, spotted flycatchers
• Made from: WoodStone and plywood
• Entrance: 70 x 30mm
• Suitable for: House martins
4. • Made from: WoodStone
• Entrance: 70 x 30mm
• Suitable for: Swifts
5. Schwegler 9A House Martin Nest
• Made from: Woodcrete and chipboard
• Entrance: 70 x 25mm
• Suitable for: House martins
• Made from: Exterior grade plywood (FSC)
• Entrance: Three, 32mm
• Suitable for: House sparrows, tree sparrows
• Made from: Softwood (FSC)
• Entrance: 28 x 65mm
• Suitable for: Swifts
8. No. 17A Schwegler Swift Nest Box
• Made from: Woodcrete
• Entrance: 32 x 70mm
• Suitable for: Swifts
• Made from: Recycled plastic
• Entrance: 120 x 130mm
• Suitable for: Barn Owls
10. Vivara Pro Seville 32mm WoodStone Nest Box
• Made from: WoodStone
• Entrance: 32mm
• Suitable for: Coal tits, blue tits, marsh tits, crested tits, redstart, nuthatches, pied flycatchers, house sparrows, tree sparrows
Browse our full range of nest boxes for external walls and fences.
The full range of nest boxes can be found in our online shop, as well as a useful nest box price list which can be downloaded as a pdf.