Abbots Ripton Hall is a stately home with parapet walls offering ideal opportunities for Swift nest boxes, and it is the home of Lord de Ramsey who is very much a wildlife enthusiast.
For this project we supplied half brick entrance pieces and John Stimpson provided modified Model 30's. Instead of the entrance in the front, a larger rectangular hole was made in the back. The work was undertaken by Gavin Smith and his team.
The parapet is a solid wall, with plenty of headers providing opportunities for Swift boxes. Removing the headers was easy enough, but on the inside, some of the walls were rendered on top of chicken mesh which required cutting away.
8 boxes have been installed in 3 different parts of the parapet. If/when these are successful, there is scope for many more.
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| From this aspect, all of the boxes are in view, but barely visible |
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| 3 out of 8 entrances |
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| Model 30's inside the parapet |
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| Lid off showing access tunnel through the wall. |
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