What size nest entrance hole for garden birds?
Blue Tits 25 mm Great Tits 28 mm House Sparrows 32 mm Starlings 45 mm
Blue Tit struggles with beak load of nesting material
The above sizes do n’t include a bird carrying too much material in its beak though!!
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We have all heard about eyes being bigger than our bellies…..beak stuffed so as not to be able to get inside the nest??? Thanks, George