It has been shown that the more trees there are in an area, the happier people are! Nest boxes and cut-in hollows are often used in areas lacking natural tree hollows, however we don’t know a lot about how animals use this substitute habitat in place of natural hollows.

Many animals have specific attributes that they like in a hollow, consequently some animals may not use artificial hollows. For this reason it is important to know if nest boxes and cut-in hollows are attracting the desired animals, or, if they are being used at all.

The Hollows as Homes project aims to conduct the first landscape scale assessment of tree/nest box/cut-in hollow distribution, type and wildlife use.

Find out more about the Hollows as homes project and how you can participate by adding a wildlife sighting and registering a hollow.