User Guide
Eco Dipper
-
Wagtail
Nest Box
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Thank you for purchasing this Eco Dipper
-
Wagtail
Nest Box.
The box has been designed to be easy to mount beneath
bridges and provide a nest site for both dippers and grey
wagtails. The Eco Dipper
-
Wagtail Nest Box is made entire-
ly from recycled plastic board all fixed together using tabs
which means there are no nails or staples to rust or cor-
rode.
Dippers and grey wagtails almost invariably build their
nests by or over running water and frequently use man
-
made structures such as walls and bridges on which to nest
and roost. Even when natural sites exist these birds have
often been found to prefer bridges and on lowland rivers,
bridges may provide the only suitable nest sites. Whilst old
stone bridges and steel girder bridges often provided crev-
ices and ledges on which dippers and wagtails could nest,
modern bridges, especially those made of concrete, do not
provide the same range of nest and roost sites. Nest boxes
are readily occupied by both species. The provision of nest
boxes on bridges can help to sustain and in some instances
has been shown to have increased breeding populations.
Whilst both grey wagtails and dippers use similar nest sites
they don
’
t defend a territory against each other and have
been recorded nesting within a few metres. So if both spe-
cies are present it may be worthwhile putting up two box-
es at opposite ends of the same bridge and if you are lucky
they may both be occupied. Its best to position the box a
few metres above the water level to reduce the risk of it
being submerged during floods. The box is designed with
an angled back to deflect the flow around the box and re-
duce the chance of it being damaged or swept away by
rivers in spate. When mounting this box close to flood
prone rivers it should be positioned with the hole of the
box facing downstream.
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