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A lack of nesting spaces is one of the key reasons House Sparrows are declining, here's a little collage of my efforts to create some more...
Portchester High-street Project:
Thanks to the generosity of you all, who raised £150 in just a few hours, me and a small team were able to go out around the streets of Portchester and Portsmouth collecting fly-tipped wood, turn them into birdboxes and install them on buildings down Portchester High Street.
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Several can now be seen on the Red Lion Pub, TBS Furniture, Portchester Dentists, the estate agents and more!
 Two nestboxes I built and installed for a local dentist practice. |  A nestbox given to Grange infant school, made from decking that would've gone to landfill. Currently it's occupied by a family of Blue Tits. |  A distant shot of a nestbox installed over a lake in a local woodland. |
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 One of the first colony nestboxes I built and installed (made with the help of my little sister). |  One of five nestboxes me and a (sufficiently bribed) friend installed at Cams Golf Course. |  A nestbox I installed for my Nan, made from wood I found dumped at the side of the road! |
 Collecting some of the famous Titchfield Haven nature reserves old boardwalk - it's currently in my shed waiting to be turned into more nestboxes... |
 One of my colony Sparrow boxes on the Drama Studio of Portchester Community School (my old school!) |  One of the many nestboxes installed at the nursery inside Portchester Community School. |
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 Another nestbox made from my neighbor's old decking - now installed on the nursery in PCS. |  Another boardwalk nestbox on the nursery in PCS |
 The fleet of nestboxes for Portchester Community School prior to being installed... |
 When visiting my family in Cambridgeshire, I took the opportunity to set up a stall selling Sparrow boxes and bug hotels outside their house, and ended up selling out of bug hotels! This is one of the 50+ fliers I printed advertising the stall. |
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 One of the trust stalls I set up when visiting family in Cambridgeshire, selling Sparrow boxes, bug hotels and a Colony Nestbox. |
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 Sparrow box installed in Cambridgeshire-made from the same sheet of wood as one installed in Wales! |
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 Out on a hard day's work installing boxes on the local pub - feat. my colleague's stylish hair. |
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 Two Sparrow-boxes installed on a friends house in Fleet. |  A colony nestbox, specially designed for Sparrows, ready to be installed at Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve (updates soon hopefully!). |  One of many birdboxes on Covney Church, Cambridgeshire, donated as part of their scheme to restore the church and its grounds for wildlife and people. |
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 Another box at Coveny Church. |  The most beautiful car boot I have ever seen... |  A close-up of one of the Coveny boxes, the initials of the locals who sponsored it screwed into the front. |
 |  Me on a roof (as per usual) installing some boxes on shops down the local high-street to help its small Sparrow colony. |
 The next batch all ready to go.... |
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 5mins before this little chick fledged the nest... |
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Creating a Sparrow town at St Albens Primary School (ft. amazing wildlife gardener Martin Hampton!)
5 birdboxes prior to being installed at my old Primary School.
Creating a Sparrow Street pt.2
Hoping this box will appeal to some Tits (don't tell the Sparrows!)
I was a little too occupied to talk...
The lovely Susy Buttress @ Global Birdfair. Her podcast's linked below:
The inspirational Kate Stephenson @ Global Birdfair, you can buy her anthology of writing below
A custom 4-holed box to be installed on the Isle Of Bute!
My new mate Calluna the Hen Harrier from www.sheffieldenvironmental.net
 No.60 in my Nan's garden |  35 off to Titchfield Garden Centre |  The most beautiful boot ever |
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 x2 driftwood birdboxes for a neighbour |  Green Roofs aren't just for buildings... |  Prime viewing through a skylight! |
 Birdboxes with a view over Sunny Portsmouth |  Yes, this is a Robin box... don't tell the Sparrows! |  One of 15 birdboxes at Wicor Primary School, this one amongst a cluster of Cherries. |
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 Previously a mantlepiece on its way to landfill... now a home for (hopefully) many generations of birds |  A rare photo of me actually installing a box! This one being positioned over a lake on Cams Golf Course. |  At the "Nature's Roadshow" event at St Albens Primary School with my two colleagues. |
 Me. Most likely saying something brilliant. |  Bringing a little wildlife into this car park. |  What Save The House Sparrow is all about: bringing wildlife into the most human, urbanized areas going! (Installed on a local estate agents.) |
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 The sun was very bright! |  The very first birdbox I numbered - installed in some dense trees next to a car park. |  Running out of room for the car... |
 No.2 |  No.3... I know... another Robin |  x3 recycled boxes, ready to go on sale at a local |
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 Pride of place on the shelves of HomeHardware |  A Sparrow Terrace @ Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve |  My theory: Insect homes = more insects = more birds = more birdboxes needed |
 An aquatic Sparrow terrace |  One of 11 birdboxes installed @ Castle Primary School |  Just another day Saving The House Sparrow @ a local nursery |
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 Birdbox with a (albeit slightly gloomy) view |  On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 3 Sparrow Terraces |  I promise I do have a life outside of putting up birdboxes... building birdboxes |
 Installing birdboxes has made me realize I really hate heights |
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