birds in my garden  

Many small birds need shelter. I suggest you put up some nesting boxes in your garden. The size for great tit, bluetit, tree sparrow and sparrow is inside: 15 x 15 x 30cm. Entrance hole 3,5 – 3,8 cm wide. Put it up in a tree one or two meters above the ground. Sparrows like to live under the roof on a house end. Nesting boxes for starlings and woodpeckers are: 25 x 25 x 50 cm. Entrance hole 5 cm. Hang it 3 – 5 meters above. Remember that woodpeckers need a hollow bottom.

Do not put a stick in front of the hole. It will just be helpful for a magpie or a squirrel to rob the nest.
If you make nesting boxes for small owls or small birds of prey the measures are: 35 x 35 x 70 cm. Entrance hole 7 - 8 cm wide. Hang it 5 – 10 meters up. Remember that they need a hollow bottom.
Starlings and sparrows are social of nature. You can put more nesting boxes in a small area. The other species have small territories but do accept other birds inside their territories.
The birds do appreciate water in the garden.

Put the nesting boxes up in the winter – remember to empty them in the autumn. Have fun.
Granddad