How to clean nestboxes and bird feeders

How to clean nestboxes and bird feeders

Nestboxes can harbour parasites so it is good practice to take them down at the end of the season and give them a clean. Likewise it is important to keep bird feeders clean to stop the spread of diseases.
Five house sparrows (male and female) sitting on a wall by Wendy Carter

Male and female house sparrows by Wendy Carter

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