Get decorating to help birds this winter (From Worcester News)
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Get decorating to help birds this winter
6:40pm Friday 3rd February 2012 in News
BIRD WATCHERS: Daisy Jacobs, aged five, and sister Isobel, seven, from Droitwich, with their decorated nest boxes.
YOUNGSTERS can encourage birds to thrive by taking part in a nestbox decorating event organised by a Worcestershire garden centre.
From Monday to Friday, February 13-17, visitors to Webbs, in Wychbold, near Droitwich, can decorate a wooden nestbox and then hang it in their garden.
The sessions run from 11am to 4pm and cost £4.99, which includes all materials and a £1 donation to the Greenfingers charity.
The activity at Webbs coincides with National Nestbox Week, which encourages people to put up nest boxes to help breeding birds and wildlife.
Executive chairman Ed Webb said: “The natural nest sites on which many of our bird species depend, such as holes in trees and buildings, are disappearing as gardens and woods are tidied and old houses are repaired. This is one way to ensure we are doing all we can to help our birds.”
Other activities on offer include a free trail through the centre’s riverside gardens and face painting.
For more information visit webbsdirect.co.uk.
