{"id":1431,"date":"2025-07-14T03:35:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkeston.com\/2025-blog\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2025-07-18T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:01:38","slug":"transforming-our-old-owl-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkeston.com\/2025-blog\/transforming-our-old-owl-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Transforming our old owl boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1431\" class=\"elementor elementor-1431\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-280a901 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"280a901\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-752ac34 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"752ac34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/parkeston.com\/2025-blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-linejoin=\"bevel\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" font-family=\"Times New Roman\" font-size=\"16\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures:none\" width=\"43.396pt\" height=\"48.934pt\" viewBox=\"806.81 -2099.03 43.396 48.934\"><defs><style type=\"text\/css\">@import url('https:\/\/themes.googleusercontent.com\/fonts\/css?family=Open Sans:600');<\/style><\/defs><g id=\"Layer 1\" transform=\"scale(1 -1)\" stroke-width=\"0.501\"><path d=\"M 806.81,2050.1 L 806.81,2099.03 L 850.206,2099.03 L 850.206,2050.1 L 806.81,2050.1 Z\" stroke-width=\"0.75\" stroke-linejoin=\"miter\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke=\"none\" marker-start=\"none\" marker-end=\"none\"><\/path><path d=\"M 809.803,2083.53 L 809.803,2089.48 L 806.81,2089.48 L 813.116,2099.03 L 819.422,2089.48 L 815.803,2089.48 L 815.803,2083.53 C 815.803,2080.95 819.23,2077.51 821.819,2077.51 L 848.884,2077.51 L 844.338,2074.51 L 848.884,2071.51 L 821.819,2071.51 C 815.904,2071.51 809.803,2077.62 809.803,2083.53 Z\" fill=\"#ffffff\" stroke-width=\"0.75\" stroke-linejoin=\"miter\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke=\"none\" marker-start=\"none\" marker-end=\"none\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d729b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d729b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159370a elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"159370a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-home\"><\/i><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/parkeston.com\/2025-blog\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19514b10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19514b10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-246cb553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"246cb553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>The Wildlife Wonders at the welfare park<\/p>\n\n<p>A huge thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dale.cheesman.9?__cft__[0]=AZUf9bFBLOHgpjAoWuLppi5Kb7xkhX2oCBPbuayG2ShCGT4oE09jq9Ju39TkMhPQHzkcqszD6rYkN6WJ5AKB3DQnz5twp4XxaCjOi6_Tn-fh9IBTdeIKFKNhk54Ev0lOrMUmke0RLxpWOZjVRI_sTOKqtC_oOGci5cOIQwawwVK9anN6C8WZSd3QImx6lABly6VOqoXmoQX_Vild0O9ayZr_0gvooOQWJOdKhjFzoajx4Q&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R\">Dale Wells<\/a> and her husband for their amazing work in transforming an old, worn-out owl box into a beautifully built new one! Your time, effort, and craftsmanship are truly appreciated.<\/p>\n\n<p>Also, a big shoutout to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/K3RNYBOI?__cft__[0]=AZUf9bFBLOHgpjAoWuLppi5Kb7xkhX2oCBPbuayG2ShCGT4oE09jq9Ju39TkMhPQHzkcqszD6rYkN6WJ5AKB3DQnz5twp4XxaCjOi6_Tn-fh9IBTdeIKFKNhk54Ev0lOrMUmke0RLxpWOZjVRI_sTOKqtC_oOGci5cOIQwawwVK9anN6C8WZSd3QImx6lABly6VOqoXmoQX_Vild0O9ayZr_0gvooOQWJOdKhjFzoajx4Q&amp;__tn__=-]K-y-R\">Kern Heath<\/a> for giving me a hand with installing the box in its new location \u2013 couldn\u2019t have done it without you!<\/p>\n\n<p>We will be setting up a wildlife camera to keep an eye on things, so fingers crossed we\u2019ll have some exciting visitors over the next few months. 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