Last week we refurbished or replaced with new our duck nesting tubes

Last year we put out ten nesting tubes on our 10 acre pond, up from four the previous year. Seven of these were used the other three may have been used as they had nests inside but no eggshell. We look for eggshell remains as a more definitive proof of successful use.

We also had another ten duck nesting tubes on ponds on the other side of our estuary, of these again seven were used. So 14 of 20 were definitely used. Proving that duck nesting tubes work and can be a useful part of conservation projects.

Above are pictures of us refurbishing and building new duck nesting tubes and putting them out last week.

If you are interested in Duck Nesting Tubes and their construction and siting then google BASC duck nesting tubes for all the information you will need.