Apex Bird Box – Blue Tit | Great Tit & more | FSC Certified Wooden Nest Box (25mm, 28mm & 32mm)

Simple, familiar and quietly effective, this Apex Bird Box offers a reliable nesting space for many of the UK’s best-loved garden birds – designed to support breeding success rather than compete for attention.

Traditional nesting sites such as holes in mature trees, old walls and outbuildings are becoming increasingly rare, particularly in modern gardens. This classic apex-roofed nest box helps replace that lost habitat, providing a sheltered, insulated space where birds can raise their young safely.

Constructed from sustainably sourced European redwood, the box is precision-cut and treated with a non-toxic, water-based preservative, protecting the timber while remaining safe for birds. The pitched roof helps shed rain, while the solid timber panels offer protection from wind and temperature fluctuations during the breeding season.

This nest box is available with three entrance hole sizes, allowing you to choose the most appropriate option for the birds already using your garden – an important step in reducing competition and disturbance at the nest.

• 25mm entrance – Best suited to smaller species such as Blue Tit, Coal Tit and Marsh Tit

• 28mm entrance – Suitable for all of the above, plus Great Tit, Crested Tit and Tree Sparrow

• 32mm entrance – Designed for larger garden birds including House Sparrow, Great Tit, Nuthatch and Pied Flycatcher

A pivoting side door, secured with a single stainless steel screw, allows for easy inspection and gentle cleaning once the breeding season has finished. The concealed fixing point at the rear keeps the box neat and unobtrusive when mounted.

Why it matters

Many common garden birds are declining not because of food shortages alone, but due to the loss of safe nesting spaces. Tidy gardens, younger trees and sealed buildings all reduce the availability of natural cavities.

Providing a well-designed nest box like this helps restore those missing opportunities – particularly in gardens, parks and urban spaces where natural alternatives are limited. A properly sited box may be used year after year, becoming part of a bird’s established breeding territory.

This is a general-purpose nest box done properly – not oversized, overcomplicated or gimmicky, but designed to quietly do its job well.

Where to site

• Fix to a tree, wall or sturdy fence

• Position around 2-4 metres above ground

• Choose a calm, lightly sheltered spot away from feeding stations

• Avoid direct, prolonged midday sun where possible

As with all nest boxes, avoid disturbance during the breeding season and clean only once chicks have fledged.

Selected for Wild Your Garden with guidance from Joel Ashton, this Apex Bird Box reflects a practical, habitat-led approach – supporting wildlife by offering the right structure in the right place, rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.