{"id":10635,"date":"2022-02-10T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=35841"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T15:15:14","slug":"national-nest-box-week-how-to-help-birds-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/national-nest-box-week-how-to-help-birds-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"National Nest Box Week: how to help birds in your garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Carys Matthews\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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National Nest Box Week is back, giving you the chance to get involved with bird conservation in your local neighbourhood and help nationwide efforts to boost bird populations across the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As our gardens and parklands become tidier, natural nest sites \u2013 such as holes in trees, old buildings and unkempt hedgerows \u2013 are rapidly disappearing.\u00a0 With birds such as sparrows, greenfinches and swifts in precipitous decline<\/a>, the UK\u2019s birds need our help now more than ever. The RSBP recently found that 1 in 4 species are under serious threat<\/a>, and so caring for our feathered friends by feeding, providing water and putting up nest boxes to give them a safe space to raise chicks, has never been more important.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to get involved, whether you\u2019re a teacher, part of a local wildlife group, or interested in boosting bird numbers in your garden. Buy a bird box from your local garden centre, or build one yourself by joining a workshop or following a step-by-step online.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to take part in National Nest Box Week<\/h3>\n

Simply put up a bird nest in your garden! Find out where to put up a nest box and which kind to put up at Nest Box Week.<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you plan to take part? Tag us on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> or Instagram<\/a> and include #nationalnestboxweek.<\/p>\n

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