URBAN BIRDS http://urbanbirds.net 51% studios nestworks are assisted readymades for the Birds of Bankside Sat, 04 May 2013 16:29:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Cathedral Starlings http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/the-cathedral-starlings/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/the-cathedral-starlings/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 23:25:55 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2142 Continue reading →]]> This little gang of six as tenacious as ever — though the cathedral gardens packed at four o’clock on a sunny afternoon, they weren’t afraid to play and fight over scraps of left over lunch.

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Earlier they were spotted playing in the gutters of of Borough Market, at first drinking, and then bathing …

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Photos © Peter Holden
]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/the-cathedral-starlings/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-6/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-6/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:50:38 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2140 Continue reading →]]> Spotted at Union St Urban Orchard Pair of Goldfinches flying east at speed along Union Street. At some point the site of the former Urban Orchard was turned into the Reunion Public House. All foliage gone. Large block of flats being constructed next door. One Nestwork missing from wall.

]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-6/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-5/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-5/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:48:39 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2138 Spotted at Copperfield Street Blackbird, three squirrels and Holly Blue Butterfly. Virginia creeper removed from facade, and ivy from base of tree, but a considerable dense patch of ivy remains on the garden perimeter.

]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-5/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:31:30 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2119 Spotted  at Lucy Brown House Pair of sparrows in dense bushes and another pair heard in ivy near Blocks 1 & 2

Park-Street-Sparrows

Photo © Peter Holden
]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-4/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-4/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:29:43 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2122 Continue reading →]]> Spotted at Little Dorrit Two male Dunnocks singing in shrubbery near Boughs. Three Mallards fly in formation onto lawn of Babington House. Pair of crows in large Plane Tree. Blue Tit heard but not seen. Upwards of 30 pigeons on the lawn.

Little-Dorrit-Dunnock

Photo © Peter Holden
]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-4/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-3/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-3/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:28:40 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2125 Spotted at Mint Street Chaffinch heard singing in trees opposite fire station. Lawn full of pigeons … construction work continues.

]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-3/feed/ 0 Spotting on 02/05/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Holden http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 22:26:32 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2127 Continue reading →]]> Spotted at St George the Martyr. Male Blue Tit singing in large plane, in hedge and planted screen. Female heard singing from within the block 7, before emerging to join her mate, then returning a few minutes later. Two crows busy overhead, backwards and forwards. Squirrel patrolling perimeter and upwards of thirty pigeons in constant state of flux on lawns.

BlueTit St George the Martyr.2

Photo © Peter Holden
]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-02052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/feed/ 0 Spotting on 30/04/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Thomas http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 19:53:59 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2101 Spotted at Mint Street: Work underway on landscaping and construction for the “Fresh Mint” project which features a new path, decking, improved seating, more grass and new flower beds. Blackbird unperturbed, singing from top of bough …

Blackbird with Bough Mint Street

]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit-2/feed/ 0 Spotting on 30/04/2013 by Catherine du Toit & Peter Thomas http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:40:01 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2097 Spotted at St George the Martyr: A pair of Blue Tits seen entering and leaving the top chamber of block 7 separately and together. The lower chamber of the same block successfully fledged a Blue Tit brood in July 2012.

]]> http://urbanbirds.net/2013/05/spotting-on-01052013-by-catherine-du-toit/feed/ 0 Habi-Sabi @ Central St Giles http://urbanbirds.net/2013/04/habi-sabi-central-st-giles/ http://urbanbirds.net/2013/04/habi-sabi-central-st-giles/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:38:52 +0000 cathi http://urbanbirds.net/?p=2105 Continue reading →]]> swift-and-bat-boxes-at-central-st-giles

Companies at Renzo Piano’s recently completed Central St Giles each installed a Habi-Sabi swift & bat box designed by 51% Studios for Inmidtown. They also installed a swift call CD to let the new arrivals know all about it. See www.habi-sabi.com for more …

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