Reply from the nest box manufacturers...

[Edward Mayer]

Dear Friends & Colleagues, Here is the reply I received from Alison regarding our doubts about their Swift nest boxes. Very helpful so far! Best wishes, Edward

Good afternoon Edward

Many thanks for your reply and also all the additional information that you've included.

We're going to raise your points on the both the Dan Rouse box and the Arx range too.

From my "novice" feedback, I can confirm that the Arx door latch is very firm and would not be moved by wind/rain or even the timber moving but I can also see your point about not wanting to shin up a ladder and then wrestle with a firm fixing either!

Could you please leave this with me for a couple more days until I've managed to get some feedback on your points with our team here and if we need to redesign the Arx Swift box without the door, this is something that we can happily do - as all these products are made in our Cotswold workshop and (from a commercial point of view) would actually speed up our manufacture and potentially reduce the costs too!

Thanks again for bringing this to my attention and I will get back to you as soon as I have some updates.

Kind Regards

Alison

[Cally Smith Huntly & District Swift Group]

Excellent Edward very positive.

Cally