Kestrel Box

Kestrel Box

Made from solid FSC Cedar this Kestrel Box is built to last. It comes complete with a perch and two ready assembled brackets for a sturdy side-on fixture to a pole or tree.

Whilst the box is designed for kestrels other wildlife may use the box, such as jackdaw, stock doves, little owl, tawny owl or even grey squirrels!

This Kestrel nest box has a camera bracket already installed. (camera not included)

Kestrel Box Positioning

Site the box on a mature tree or on a strong tall pole.  Face the front of the box so that it is out of the prevailing wind and rain, ideally between North and Southeast. Height should be approximately 3 – 5 metres but also ensuring that there is a clear flight path to the box, and that there is good visibility from it. It is advisable to tilt the front of the box up at a very slight angle so that eggs roll to the shelter of the back of the box.

More detailed information can be found here Hawk & Owl Trust

Kestrel Facts

A familiar sight with its pointed wings and long tail, hovering beside a roadside verge. Numbers of kestrels declined in the 1970s, probably as a result of changes in farming and so it is included on the Amber List.

The Kestrel has adapted readily to man-made environments and can survive right in the centre of cities.

Kestrels are found  all year round in a wide variety of habitats, from moor and heath, to farmland and urban areas. The only places they do not favour are dense forests, vast treeless wetlands and mountains. They are a familiar sight hovering beside a motorway or other main road. They can often be seen perched on a high tree branch, or on a telephone post or wire, on the look out for prey. Their diet consists of small mammals and birds

Source: RSPB