Duncan and Jenny’s aim is to make people aware that despite inhabiting a highly populated world, ways need to be found of nurturing and protecting wildlife for this and future generations. They strongly believe that bird and bat boxes are an excellent way of providing for wildlife in every building.

A brilliant idea to help some of our declining bird populations and give an added enjoyment to your home! The 2FR Bat Tube is suitable for bat species which inhabit buildings and is designed to be built into the masonry of an external wall. It can either be built flush with the wall or beneath a rendered surface. The tube is constructed from woodcrete and has an integrated wooden panel onto which bats can easily cling.This box requires no maintenance as droppings fall out of the entrance ramp. We will always let you have a copy of personal information we have about you, should you request it, and you may correct it if you wish.Installing a hedgehog house/box in the garden provides them with a safe place to shelter and hibernate through the winter. Whether this is to support biodiversity net gain on a new project or simply within your garden we can supply a quality, long-lasting hedgehog house. Bug and minibeast provide an important food source for other animals like birds and bats which are essential to pollinating our flowers and crops and are useful workers when it comes to decomposition and giving us nutrient rich soil. Anywhere between around 3 and 6 metres (10 to 20 feet) above ground level is fine. Bats like to feel safe from ground based predators such as cats. Many of the UK’s garden birds are struggling to maintain numbers, house sparrows being an obvious species that has suffered a serious decline in recent times. Providing bird houses is hugely important for giving such birds the best chance of rearing their young and surviving the winter in as safe an environment as possible. Another relatively little known effect of encouraging songbirds is the beneficial effect on our own (human) wellbeing, despite many studies over the years which have proven a link between audible bird song and good mental health. One example is ‘ Urban Mind: Using Smartphone Technologies to Investigate the impact of Nature on Mental Wellbeing in Real Time’, published in BioScience 10th January 2018.

This product makes an ideal bat house for most of the UK’s bat species, including Pipistrelles, who will use it for roosting, hibernating and (in maternity roosts) bringing up their young. The entrance hole and internal design can be tailored to suit different species of bat e.g. Bechstein’s and Serotine. Type 24:suitable for many small birds including great, blue, marsh, coal and crested tits, redstarts, nuthatch, tree and house sparrows Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: Bats like to choose from a variety of roosts as the seasons change – they are mammals which need to avoid losing energy unnecessarily to thermo-regulation. Position your bat homes somewhere between 3m and 6m (10′ to 20′) off the ground and in various aspects, South and East facing especially. Select locations furthest from trees and other vantage points that could be used by potential predators. You will also want to avoid siting bat homes above windows and doors. Bats feed on insects and also need water to drink, so these are also important considerations. The table below covers the most common species that are likely to be attracted, together with siting guidance. It is not an exact science and it may be found that species other than the ones which may be targeted take up residence instead. It can also take time for birds and bats to start using the boxes. SpeciesWe will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties overseas to enable us to perform services requested by you. In the UK, bat houses should generally face East, South or West, and positioned such that they are in sunlight for several hours a day to keep the roosting area warm. The hedgehog box should be placed in a quiet, shady, sheltered, dry place with plenty of protection vegetation around. Avoid having the entrance point north, north easterly to prevent cold winds entering the house.

The fitted bird or bat box is not deep enough to bridge the cavity and will not affect the insulation properties of the building. Being fitted in the non-load bearing outside skin (typically of a cavity wall), no lintel is required, nor any modification to the building design. It is not advised for boxes to be fitted within 750mm of windows or lintels. If you are fitting clusters of boxes together (mainly swift boxes) it is advised lintels should be fitted. Eagerly anticipated by many, it is a thrilling moment when you first hear the distinctive screech or catch sight of the long, tapered wings of the first swifts arriving for the summer. For thousands of years they have looped to the British Isles from Africa to raise the next generation, taking advantage of the long daylight hours in the north and the opportunity to scour the skies for insects from dawn to dusk. The Wienerberger Habibat range of integrated bat boxes are solid boxes made of insulating concrete that provide an internal roost space, ready to be integrated into the fabric of a building as it is built or renovated. Suitable for most species commonly found in the UK, the single chambered unit features an integrated V system to increase the surface for bats to roost against, while allowing freedom of movement.We will only pass on information about you as an individual (as opposed to aggregate information) to third parties to enable us to perform services requested by you or with your prior consent. It’s fine to fit bat houses at any time of the year, however it makes most sense to complete your installation by early Springtime, as it will stand a chance of attracting bats emerging from their local hibernation, also other species who have wintered abroad.