working out design and placement of bird feeders

Hello All, here are my sketches and some info from the RSPB towards our 'Turn The Surveillance Tables" project for the outdoor spaces at PICU. I'm sending all these sketches on to FACT and to Bryony as PDFs. At some point we will need to hear from Ed about the camera equipment so that final dimensions of what we build and any other instructions an be passed onto the woodwork team. It would also be useful if someone could pop into PICU with a compass to determine exactly which way the two garden spaces face so we can get the best locations for each thing

first, a simple bird bath that can be mounted in a variety of ways - this will make for good images of birds splashing about. You can also get them in ceramics - you could make your own with a simple coil pot if you have access to a big kiln....this one is cheap and cheerful!


Here's the simple nesting box plan from RSPB - with measurements for a large or small box - depending on species - we would need to figure out a way to include the camera. RSPB's own nesting box with camera housing is a bit more fancy - see earlier posting:


My idea would be to use a post camera housing and a feeder/water dish. Bird Tables are prone to attract the pigeons, whereas only smaller species can use a fine mesh or acrylic feeder. These types are also quite easy to clean out which is most important - see notes below on hygiene...


let me know what you think! - I'll include Chris from RSPB for his comments too!