Birdhouses

  Great Tit Blue Tit
Breading season: end of March - June april - augustus
Number of eggs
(one egg each day)
8 - 10 7 - 14
Breading time (days) 13 - 14 13 - 14
Nest duration (days) 18 - 21 17 - 19
Number of brood 1 (sometimes 2) 1

Making a birdhouse can be done in the following way:

Dimensions:

  • lid (1):
  • backside (2):
  • frontside (3):
  • side (4 en 5):
  • bottom(6):
  • beam for blocking  (7)
250 mm * 180 mm
280 mm * 110 mm
280 mm * 110 mm
280 mm * 170 mm
110 mm * 134 mm
110 mm * 20 mm (2 times)
wood thickness: 18 mm

fly opening:

  • for the great tit ® round, diameter 30-31 mm, 195 mm from bottom
  • for theblue tit ®  round, diameter  27 mm, 197 mm from bottom

dimensions inside the birdhouse: hight * width * depth = 262 * 110 * 134 mm

For painting the birdhouse use stain.

Section and back side-view

Section and back side-view

Left side-view and front side-view

Left side-view and front side-view

Upperside and bottomside

Upperside and bottomside

In the articles

are pictures show from egg till flying little birds.

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