Dick:depending upon what is inside the square hole with the wires coming out, it could be possible to fashion an entrance to a swift nesting place. but it would be a lot of work for just 1 nesting place. i would not want to suggest anything that modifies the external appearance of this amazing brickwork, knocking holes through brickwork at this hei

Last year, the jette commune (bourough) where i live had published and article about swifts in the municipal magazine and organized (with me as a guide) a guided tour about swifts & other cavity nesting birds. this year, they've finally contacted me for a concrete project: an unused tower in a school, that they're planning to renovate. the municipa

This one should be tilted to be a "standing" picture (i'll do it later):

Context: biodiversity project around the brussels canal, in the industrial area north of brussels.for more information about this, click here. the site is between the canal (left on the following picture) and a little river, the senne, where treated water flows into. the brownfield north of nr 4 is managed by a nature ngo... but they don't want any