A Frame Barn Owl Box

Barn Owl Nest Box

This Owl Box is extremely well built and has been extensively tried and tested by the Barn Owl Conservation Network, conservationists, researchers and ecologists.

About 2000 pairs of Barn Owls currently breed in this particular type of owl box, with an estimated 100,000 owlets having fledged during the last 20 years. This has contributed significantly to the conservation successes now being seen with Barn Owls in the UK.

Constructed of exterior grade 12 and 18 mm bonded plywood, stainless steel screws and brass inspection door bolts and hinges it is designed to last about 15 years in most outdoor situations with minimal maintenance and requires no wood preservative or surface coating.

Whilst being large, strong and durable this beautifully made barn owl box is specifically designed so that it can be installed about 12 feet from the ground onto the face of a tree trunk, wall or existing pole by one or two persons, without the need of any haul ropes or other lifting equipment. The large inspection door is specially designed to aid cleaning and also permits the safe and secure monitoring of breeding barn owls by licensed conservationists.

This owl box comes complete with a construction diagram and details from the Wildlife Conservation Partnership of how and where it should be installed to attract Barn Owls. The floor of the nestbox must be lined with about 2" (5cm) of small wood chippings or similar.

This A Frame nest box is extremely versatile, attractive and durable, allowing it to be positioned within choice habitats on the farm or estate. It has been designed for easy installation on isolated or hedgerow trees, the side of wooden poles or on the outside (or inside) of buildings.

In the UK owl boxes now account for three-quarters of the nest sites used by Barn Owls with ‘A’ Frame type nest boxes being used by over 1500 pairs, one of which produced nine young in 2002, the highest fledging success recorded in the UK

Once a Barn Owl has chosen its first nest site it is likely to use it again year after year, generation after generation.