'Mike' wrote:
As a matter of interest, what do you do with the corpses? The nesting
material can go in the compost heap, but the corpses would attract
Rats. Only asking if we have the same result :-(( We don't bonfire so
that is out, we shred everything possible, no answer there, and
obnoxious weeds go in the dustbin. Maybe that will be the answer.

I don't think I "have" rats, and my bin is not open to them. Don't they eat
compost worms? Anyway, if you leave the corpses in the nest box until the
Autumn like one is supposed to there won't be much left of the tiny
mummified remains even to interest a rat!

For lots about the private life of nestbox birds, try
http://www.mybitoftheplanet.com/ and http://www.biggonline.co.uk/

Mike.
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