"Keith Hampson" wrote in message
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I have just got 2 bird houses for my garden, can anyone tell me
which
direction to point them in to get the most chance of getting birds
to nest
in them, my brother has 2 facing north and has had 3 years now
without any
birds nesting in them, before that it was hit and miss.

It is said that North facing is the in thing.
I have a funny feeling that birds don't actually nest in nest boxes.
I have put up nest boxes for 55 years and have never had any
occupants. I have also never seen any birds nesting in any other
nesting boxes I have come across.
I once had a pair of robins nesting in the saddle bag of a bike which
was kept in the shed. End of use of bike for a season.

Franz