Center Parcs Bird Song
As the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) National Nest Box Week was last month, Center Parcs wants to encourage families to provide homes for birds at this time of year and help bring the music of bird song into gardens across the country.
With more than 140 different varieties of bird in total at their 4 forest locations, Center Parcs understands the importance of providing nest boxes for birds to breed in. Center Parcs has hundreds of bird boxes within each forest and each box must be monitored and cleaned at the end of the summer months ready for the following year.
Whilst at Center Parcs between February and October, guests can hear a variety of bird calls and songs from around the forest. To invite these beautiful sounds into your own garden, place a nest box on a wall, post, tree or fence in your garden (out of reach of cats and other predators) this spring.
James Monk, Senior Conservation Ranger at Center Parcs says:
“It is so easy to invite birds into your garden by ensuring you have a nest box, feeding station and plenty of places for birds to perch. There are many songs and calls you can hear in and around the garden; Long-tailed Tits chattering to each other with contact calls, Blackbirds crying out a loud alarm call when a predator approaches and Robins singing their wonderful wispy song are just some. One of the most beautiful bird sounds is the dawn chorus in the spring and summer which starts before sunrise with a few birds singing with other birds joining in during mid-morning.”
Build a Habitat Box is an workshop running all year round at Sherwood Forest, Longleat Forest and Whinfell Forest and can be booked as part of a short break at Center Parcs. It is £15.00 per box so each member of the family can make their own or it can be a fun family project.
For more information or to make a booking call: 08448 266 266
