Increase The Value Of Your (Bird) Real-Estate

Find out more about the county’s bird life from the RSPB each month

- Martin Payne

LOOKING OUT on a fresh February morning, it’s hard to imagine the long summer days that will be upon us in a matter of months.

In the last few days, some of our summer friends might have already been spotted flitting around the garden scoping out the best place for their seasonal staycation and scouting out suitable homes to start a family in. If you have had a nest box up for a while, you might notice them flying past their old summer homes, peering in, checking it out and making sure it’s still that same familiar place. If you’re lucky, they might choose to nest there again, or maybe the old nest box will attract a new couple. Whatever the outcome, those summer evenings spent in the garden will be all the more precious for having such delightful company.