18 SCHWEGLER
BIRD CONSERVATION
Little Owl Boxes
» LITTLE OWL BOXES The Little Owl, just 22 cm in length, is in acute danger of extinction. Its main habitats are gardens, small orchards
or meadows containing white willows. Depending on the season, it lives mainly on Insects such as Crickets, as
well as Woodlice and Mice. It frequently fails to colonise an area because of the lack of suitable nesting sites.
Help is now at hand with the SCHWEGLER Little Owl Boxes of which there are four different types. Ornithologists
recommend always hanging a minimum of three boxes immediately adjacent to one another since the Birds will
use one or more to store food and young Birds will use them as shelter. Such measures will considerably improve
the survival prospects for this species.
Bedding: Coarse sawdust or wood shavings and a mixture of sand and sawdust are ideal as bedding. Each of the four Little Owl Boxes is supplied
with detailed description and maintenance instructions, and the Aluminium Nails needed to attach it to a branch.
Material: All the boxes have an aperture for inspection and cleaning purposes. They are made of a ring of wood or wood-concrete (depending on
the model) surrounded by wooden battens and roofing felt. They are supplied together with flexible metal fixing strips and Aluminium Nails.
Assembly: The boxes should be placed on a horizontal branch of a fruit tree or in white willows, with the entrance hole facing the trunk.
This discourages interference by passers-by and also makes it easier for the Birds to fly in and out.
» Little Owl Box No. 20 without predator protection
Classic Little Owl Box without predator protection.
Supplied with clamping band and Aluminium Nails
for fixing onto horizontal branches. Inspection and
cleaning through the entrance hole possible.
External shape: round.
Length: 83 cm.
Interior of brood chamber: l 18 cm.
Width of entrance hole: l 65 mm.
Weight: approx. 7.4 kg.
Order No. 00 240/2
Little Owl Box with predator protection against
Martens by two staggered internal entrance holes.
Supplied with clamping band and Aluminium Nails
for fixing onto horizontal branches. Inspection and
cleaning through separate inspection flap on the
opposite side of the entrance.
External shape: round.
Length: 83 cm.
Interior of brood chamber: l 18 cm.
Width of entrance hole: l 65 mm.
Weight: approx. 7.6 kg.
Order No. 00 241/9
VV Little Owl (nesting)
VV entrance of 20A VV predator protection (cut)
» Little Owl Box No. 20A with protection against Martens
VV clutch of Little Owl eggs
VV example of installation