Bird Box Plate

An inexpensive bird box plate is simply a piece of metal – aluminium typically – with a circle in it. You fix this plate over the front of your bird box, aligning the hole in the plate with the hole in the box. The plate protects the entry hole from being made bigger by predators.

Simply fix the plate to your box ensuring that your fixings are not longer than the thickness of the wood – you do not want to risk injury to the birds inside.

Garden Bird supplies currently offer an expensive plate with a 30mm hole – click here.