Name: Build your own bird box
Start: 2025-08-13T10:00:00+09:30
End: 2025-08-13T11:30:00+09:30

As a conservation charity, every visit, adoption, donation and ticket helps save species from extinction

Get hands-on this Science Week and help support local birdlife!

Wednesday 13 August | 10:00 AM & 11:30 AM

Join us at Adelaide Zoo for a special, one-day-only FREE workshop where you’ll build our very own bird box using a locally made Adelaide Hills DIY kit (valued at $62.50). You’ll then take it home, ready to install in your garden, balcony, or backyard.

As part of the experience, you’ll also learn how simple actions at home can help conserve native bird species, many of which are struggling to find safe places to nest.

Ages 15+ | Bookings essential

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Your session includes:

A practical, step-by-step bird box building workshop
Insights into bird conservation and how nest boxes support native species

Important Info:

Duration: Approx. 1 hour per session
Capacity: 15 participants per session
Age: This is a 15+ event due to the use of tools
Accessibility: Workshop is wheelchair accessible

Why bird boxes matter

Did you know almost 350 Australian wildlife species rely on tree hollows to breed and survive? Sadly, these hollows can take over 100 years to form naturally, and with habitat loss on the rise, artificial hollows are more important than ever.

By building and installing a bird box at home, you’re helping to provide much-needed shelter for birds to rest, breed, and raise their young, and taking real action for conservation!

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Can’t get to the workshop?

In this video, Julie, our Acting Community Conservation Educator, shows how we use the Faunature Small Parrot Bird Box to provide a safe, artificial hollow for native birds.

Learn how to: