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nestbox siting (1 Viewer)

finchy

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I've recently moved into a house from a flat and i'm currently making up for lost time !!
Bought some schwegler nestboxes,round hole and open faced and i've sited them facing north east and at a height of about 6 feet.So far so good but my question is this,can i site a round hole for blue/great tits close to (say 5 feet away from) an open faced box to be used by robins/blackbirds or whatever else fancies moving in ??

Also in case anybody is interested i'm getting greenfinch/chaffinch/goldfinch/bullfinch/nuthatch/coal tits/blue tits/great tits/long tailed tits/robins/dunnocks/blackbirds/great spotted woodpecker and 2 extremely curious and alarmist magpies who seem to spend their waking hours on guard duty.
This morning i was alerted by their calling and saw a fox creeping out of the hedge !!
 
As nobody seems to have an answer,i'll now let you all know.It would appear from recent activity that it makes very little difference if you site the nestboxes close to each other as i've had blue tits and robins both having a good look round.
 
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