Firemen's Ladder Practice helps house martins
For a second year running our local firemen came to the rescue ! Thank you Paul, Bob, Harry, Stan, Dale, Jack and Chris.
There used to be hundreds of house martins visiting Charlbury in the summer and their numbers have plummeted. We are hoping to build the colony slowly back by putting up prefabricated nesting cups starting at their remaining site, the Rose and Crown and Cheorl House on Church Street. Putting up these cups saves the birds a month of nest building freeing them up to more quickly lay eggs and hatch chicks.
Only with the help of the firemen can we do this, taking advantage of their amazing team work with ladders which can negotiate wonky pavements and tall buildings. Now fingers are crossed for April when the birds hopefully return to us.
Flora Gregory · Thu 6 Mar, 10:01 · Link