In the sought-after London boroughs of Chelsea and Islington, inner city birds often have to claim their nesting space quickly! However, birds that are open to changing their wild ways might be convinced to try out the innovative bird-housing concept developed by the artists at London Fieldworks. The “Spontaneous City in the Tree of Heaven” opened recently as part of the Secret Garden Project by UP Projects and hopes to develop into a haven of biodiversity and create a new public awareness of the ecological and cultural value of urban green spaces.
Interesting but ugly at the same time–it looks like the tree contracted some sort of virus or something.
I know that birds freak out when they see two circles next to each other.
Curious to see whether they’d freak out when they see this.
Clever concept. One small but very important oversight… birds generally never fly on to the edge of the entrance to a nesting box but, in the natural word, perch on a twig near the nest to check for predators before entering. Could your artists perhaps get hold of some dowel rod and cut them into small pieces and start gluing? Oh, dear!
Looks amazing! Have the houses been popular with the birds?
la intencion es interesante, me gustaria saber como respondieron los pájaros.
The trees look infected for sure. Very Cool!!!! Agree there needs to be some perches near by to give the birds a place to sit and check things out before going into the nest for the first time. Great observation.
Totally stunning.
This is a great concept! I’m not sure that such a high number of birds would live in such close proximity though. Use of elastic bands to accommodate future tree growth is clever, and I can’t help but imagine how loud those birdhouses would be if each one had “residents.” Great stuff.
In some cases you end up attracting non-native species that like the birdhouses. If you feed a bear in the wild, the park service will shoot it cause it gets used to humanity. What’s the justification for building homes and feeding birds. Birds build their own damn houses; their called nests.
why am i getting goosebumps here….