Woodpecker vandalism

Created Jan 2011
Updated

One of the most depressing feature of any kind of conservation work is when some one comes along and vandalises your best effort. – be it through mindless graffiti  or mindlless tearing down of boxes.

We are running a big box scheme at Priory Count Park We have been having a rather different problem here . The boxes are place high in trees but some vandals are not put off

A green woodpecker found that the bat boxes were ideal sounding boards and gt well and truly stuck in , drilling through not just the top layer but also into the one underneath.

Photo Daniel Fellman

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Several boxes were damaged. Danny got round this by placing a metal cover over the damaged boxes. Woodpeckers thwarted – result!

Photo Daniel Fellman