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Treating birdboxes and tables

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rekstout | 12:47 Fri 09th May 2003 | Animals & Nature
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I am busy making bird tables, bird and bat boxes and the like for our garden. I want to treat the wood so that they last at least a couple of seasons - can anyone recommend a bird and bat safe treatment for the wood - is Cuprinol OK? Naturally, creosote is out.
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This is taken from the RSPB website:

Softwood boxes may be treated with water-based preservatives such as Fenceguard or Sadolin: apply only to the outside of the box, and not around the entrance hole. Whatever you use, make sure the box dries and airs thoroughly before putting it up.

You shouldn't really treat them with anything, as any timber treatments could potentially harm the bats (sorry, don't know about the birds). Have a look at this webpage, it's the Bat Conservation Trust's guidelines for making bat boxes: http://www.bats.org.uk/batinfo/batbox.htm

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