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Neil,

I have to confess there's an internal stairway all the way to the top of the tower!

I bolt galvanised straps onto either side of the box and as they are pliable I can wrap them around the tree and nail them with galvanised nails. Hopefully as they don't rust they won't damage the tree.

I have one box around 10 ft high on a telegraph pole. The others possibly around 15 ft high.

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I have to ask.

How do you get up a 100 foot tower?

I get vertigo upstairs on a bus!!

How do you keep the boxes secure - how high up on the poles and trees are they?

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Neil,

Thanks very much for the info regarding the book. It wasn't something I was aware of, so I have ordered it today.

All my Kestrel sites have boxes up that I have made. Of the five sites this year there are two on telegraph poles, two on trees and the fifth 100ft up a concrete tower. Kestrels will readily take to open fronted boxes and it's not very difficult to get them breeding in them.

If anybody out there wanted any information about sighting a box I would be happy to help.

It's a total privilege for me to climb up and discover a box full of young. Since first starting records many years ago I have had 281 fledged young.

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Peter Johnson wrote:

We have 5 pairs of Kestrels breeding this year fledging 21 young. Details below -

Site A - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2003 - 54.

Site B - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2009 - 24.

Site C - 6 young this year. Total young from this site since 2006 - 46.

Site D - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2010 - 17.

Site E - after several weeks sat on 3 eggs the female eventually gave up. Total young from this site since 2000 - 54.







Hi Peter

Can you give some info re where the nests are situated - not specifically obviously but are they in buildings,cliffs or old crows nests etc or nestboxes????

Also have you read Seasons With The Kestrel by Gordon Riddle - a Scottish Ranger. The book details a 15 year project similar to yours.

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Great news

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We have 5 pairs of Kestrels breeding this year fledging 21 young. Details below -

Site A - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2003 - 54.

Site B - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2009 - 24.

Site C - 6 young this year. Total young from this site since 2006 - 46.

Site D - 5 young this year. Total young from this site since 2010 - 17.

Site E - after several weeks sat on 3 eggs the female eventually gave up. Total young from this site since 2000 - 54.


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