Description
This residence is used both for raising young and as a sleeping place in winter. With this nesting ball, a breeding wren pair is protected against nest raiders and enemies.
The male wren usually builds several nests, then the female, the 'winter queen', decides which nesting site seems best to her, to lay five to eight very small eggs. Due to this breeding biology, it is advisable to hang multiple nesting balls.
When hung completely free, this nesting ball is just as eagerly used by other cavity breeders. These could be, among others, blue tits and coal tits.
PLACEMENT
The hanging occurs with the geïntegreerde cord of stainless steel. The hanging loop can, for example, be attached without problems to a branch stub. Winter kinglets love to breed very much near the ground, in the ‘green wilderness’, in the deadwood. They are not such good fliers and they move in the deadwood preferably hopping. Shade spots, directly in hedges, in deadwood, in dense shrubbery, in bushes or also on the balcony, are very beloved.
MAINTENANCE
Cleaning should preferably be done in the autumn or winter months. The cord can be removed and the top shell can be easily lifted off the bottom shell of the ball. After cleaning, you reassemble both halves and secure them with the cord.
