{"product_id":"rons-hand-built-owl-box","title":"Ron's Hand-Built Owl Box","description":"\u003clink href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,400\u0026amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper * { margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', 'Segoe UI', sans-serif !important; color: #20251f !important; background: #f7f4ee !important; max-width: 760px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; padding: 24px 18px 48px !important; font-size: 16px !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: #24352b !important; border-radius: 12px !important; padding: 38px 32px !important; text-align: center !important; margin-bottom: 26px !important; }\n.prod-hero-icon { font-size: 40px !important; display: block !important; margin-bottom: 12px !important; }\n.prod-hero h1 { font-size: 26px !important; 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border-bottom: 1px solid #eee7d6 !important; vertical-align: top !important; }\n.prod-specs tr:last-child td { border-bottom: none !important; }\n.prod-specs td:first-child { font-weight: 600 !important; color: #2f4636 !important; width: 38% !important; background: #f7f4ee !important; }\n.prod-specs td:last-child { color: #444444 !important; }\n@media (max-width: 600px) {\n  .prod-includes { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr !important; }\n  .prod-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\n  .prod-hero h1 { font-size: 22px !important; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e🦉\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eHand-built in the Frome Valley, Herefordshire\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#d8cbb3 !important;\"\u003eRon Preece, seventy-four — forty-one years a BTO ringer, more than nine hundred owls in his notebooks. His lungs have ended the fine work. Sixty-three boxes are all that is left on the bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-quote\"\u003e“A little owl doesn’t cut its own doorway. It takes what an old tree gives it — so I cut it one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-author\"\u003e— Ron Preece, Bishop’s Frome, Herefordshire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eWhat arrives at your door\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🏡\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Owl Box\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne hand-built untreated-pine nest box, ready to hang\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🔨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFitted Hardware\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIron mounting bracket \u0026amp; a hinged fall-flap cleaning door\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e📝\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSiting Card\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEast\/south-east, 3–5 m up, sheltered from driving rain\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-include-tile\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-inc-icon\"\u003e🌿\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt to Weather\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaw pine that breathes, silvers down and stays outdoors\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eWhy a real owl uses it — and a garden-centre box sits empty\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🚪\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 95-Millimetre Doorway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entrance is bored to roughly 9.5 cm and set high in the face of the box, on a jig Ron made so every hole lands in the same place. Wide enough for a little owl to slip through, tight enough that it is not simply handed over to something bigger. The size and the height of that one opening decide whether anything ever moves in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🛡\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 33-Centimetre Drop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about 33 cm from the lip of the doorway down to the floor where the clutch sits. A magpie cannot lean in far enough and a grey squirrel’s arm stops well short. The deep ones raise owls; the shallow ones raise trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🪵\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bare-Pine Rule\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntreated, unpainted pine and nothing else. A treated box carries a chemical smell that reads as an alarm to a bird, and a painted one shouts “new” from a tree for three seasons. Bare pine breathes and weathers down to the same silver-grey as an old orchard limb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🧹\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Fall-Flap Hatch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe front swings down on a single fitted hook. A year of pellets and shed feathers comes out in about two minutes — none of the usual ladder-and-screwdriver faff. A bird passes straight over a box packed with last year’s mess; a clean one gets a new pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e🪜\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Climb-Out Grain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inner wall under the doorway is left rough sawn, with a low ledge across it. Young owls leave the box before they can properly fly — on fledging day they climb that wall to reach the opening. A smooth interior strands them at the bottom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feature-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-feat-icon\"\u003e👐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt by One Pair of Hands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery box is cut, bored and grooved by Ron himself on a single worn bandsaw — most of a day of work in each one. No workshop crew, no machine stamping them out, and no second batch once the bench is empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-quote\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003e“Little owls are secondary cavity nesters — they cannot excavate their own holes, so they depend entirely on old woodpecker chambers and natural rot in ageing trees. In Britain that habitat sat overwhelmingly in traditional orchards and veteran hedgerow trees, and we have lost the great majority of both. The national survey now puts little owls down by more than three quarters since the mid-1990s. A correctly built nest box is the single most effective way an individual can put that habitat back: the entrance has to be the right size and set high above a deep floor, the timber has to be untreated, and it has to open for an annual clean-out. A box that gets those four things right will be found and used where the birds still are. Most retail boxes get at least one of them wrong.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-name\" style=\"color:#cdbb94 !important;\"\u003eDr Helen Marsden, Ornithologist — Cavity-Nesting Birds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-inst\" style=\"color:#a9a07f !important;\"\u003eMarches Wildlife Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🦉 Little owls \u0026amp; small hole-nesters\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🍎 Orchards \u0026amp; paddocks\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌳 Old hedgerow trees\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🐦 Garden birders\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🐭 Natural rodent control\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌿 Wildlife gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 A gift for a nature lover\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌙 Quiet rural plots\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eQuality you can check yourself\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUntreated weatherproof pine.\u003c\/strong\u003e No stain, no sealant, no paint — nothing that carries a smell a bird will refuse.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-bored entrance, set high.\u003c\/strong\u003e Roughly 9.5 cm, positioned well above the floor so nothing can work the hole from below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA genuinely deep cavity.\u003c\/strong\u003e About 33 cm from the doorway down to the floor, which is what keeps a clutch out of reach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA cleaning door that actually opens.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hinged front on a single fitted hook, so the box gets used for years rather than once.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRough-sawn climb-out wall.\u003c\/strong\u003e The detail nobody photographs and every fledgling needs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e30-day guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it isn’t right for your patch, email service@wearnamora.com within 30 days and send it back for a full refund. No fuss, no questions. UK delivery is free both ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHand-built, so no two are identical.\u003c\/strong\u003e Grain, knots and the exact weathering will differ from box to box — that is the timber, not a fault. \u003cstrong\u003eOn occupancy, we would rather be straight with you:\u003c\/strong\u003e a nest box is an offer of habitat, not a booking. Whether one moves in depends on there being owls within range of you, on the land round about and on where you site it, and it can take a season or three. What is certain is the other way round: a bird that finds no hole at all has no chance. \u003cstrong\u003eOn species:\u003c\/strong\u003e the ~9.5 cm entrance suits little owls and other small hole-nesters. A tawny owl needs a considerably larger opening and a barn owl needs a much bigger box — this is not the right box for either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-h2\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUntreated weatherproof pine, iron mounting bracket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBare sawn timber — unpainted, unsealed, weathers to silver-grey\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOverall size (H × W × D)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 38.5 × 25 × 28 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInterior (H × W × D)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 33 × 18 × 21 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEntrance\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 9.5 × 9.5 cm, set high in the face\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eapprox. 1.3 kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSuitable for\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLittle owls and other small hole-nesting birds. Not suitable for tawny or barn owls, which need larger boxes.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSiting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTree trunk or wall, 3–5 m up, entrance facing east or south-east, sheltered from prevailing wind and driving rain\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBest time to put up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAutumn or winter, so it has weathered before the birds go looking in February\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBrush out once a year in late summer, after the season, through the hinged front\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRon Preece, Bishop’s Frome, Herefordshire — by hand, one at a time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRemaining stock\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e63 boxes. There is no second batch.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Ron Preece","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58813053927772,"sku":"NAM-RON-OWLBOX-UK","price":95.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/hf_20260825_152843_399fe555-eed1-498a-b44b-08cc11f117e2.png?v=1787733270","url":"https:\/\/mymindmate.de\/products\/rons-hand-built-owl-box","provider":"Namora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}