Hotel Estate Gives Wedding Presents To Support Woodland Bird Life

A Lake District hotel venue is giving a helping hand to mother nature and the environment whilst giving newlywed couples a permanent, personalised memento of their big day.

The Wild Boar Estate, which is set in 72 acres of rural woodland, is giving couples married at the venue their very own personalised, engraved bird nesting boxes.

The boxes, created by Penrith based Croglin Ltd, are expected to provide homes for a range of British bird species, from blue tits and sparrows to pied wagtails and robins.

And Wild Boar Estate is providing each married couple with their own map of where their engraved bird box is located in its woodland, as well as a what3words geocode to map the exact spot.

The woodland bird boxes are usually mounted in the autumn as it is generally accepted as the optimum time for birds to see, investigate and get used to them before the following spring.

Callum and Amy Maguire from Barrow-in-Furness, who recently tied the knot at Wild Boar Estate, are one of the first couples to see their bird box being mounted.

“We were thrilled to hear that the English Lakes Hotels team was doing this,” says Callum. “It’s a simple idea for making a positive difference to nature and the birdlife in the woods here. We’re proud to be a part of that."

“It’s also been a great way to put a personal touch on our wedding and has given us a permanent memento of the day which we can come back and see any time.”

According to an RSPB study with BirdLife International and the Czech Society for Ornithology, the country has lost around 600 million breeding birds in the last 40 years. That is around one in six of the bird population.

Amy Smethurst, wedding co-ordinator at Wild Boar Estate, adds: “The personalised wedding bird nest boxes are already a big talking point with brides and grooms planning their nuptials with us. For each married couple tying the knot here, the engraved nest box which we put up in our woodlands displays their names and the anniversary date of their wedding day."

“We hope that couples will come back to see us on their anniversary each year to see how their bird box is faring, and we hope that the boxes will provide a home to a host of birds and allow them to thrive and grow with families of their own.”

Find out further information about weddings at Wild Boar Estate here