We have a totally enclosed , courtyard type garden at work surrounded by patio doors/windows. There are plants going up each pole which supports the guttering.
In the honeysuckle there is a blackbird nest, so waiting until mum had gone I popped my head out of the window & managed to get this pic.
What I found remarkable is this nest is less than 4 foot off the ground on the back-side of the honeysuckle nearest the windows. This seems quite secure but we do have magpies & squirrels dropping in over the roof from time to time not to mention the odd cat, but the blackbirds have decided that it is quite safe.
Does anyone else have wildlife at work?

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This post was last modified: 12-06-2007 02:03 PM by tibbar.

Oh my, yes!

I work in a large building which has very large roll-up doors on two sides. The house (or English) sparrows realised many years ago that there was food, water, shelter, freedom from predators, and year-round even temperatures. Countless generations of English sparrows have been bred and fledged in my work building.

No photos, unfortunately, as they nest far up in the rafters.

Kingfisher

I'm surprised that they built the nest so low down, especially with squirrels and magpies around. Great photo by the way.

At my work there is a robin that everyday comes into the garden and sits in a bush waiting to be fed, its the closest thing I've seen to a trained robin before!

We have a window overlooking a small lawn, and there is often squirrels and rabbits on there. A co-worker once said that he'd seen foxes out there, but I've never seen any myself!

It really cheers me up looking out the window at work and seeing some rabbits or squirrels playing on the grass. Much more fun than working!

Very true for me too! I hate it at work if I'm stuck in an office where I can't see a window, or if I can it looks out onto a road. I always work best if every now and then I can take a quick break and have a look at some animals getting on with their daily business. That is one of the reasons why I'm not too keen on working in a city.

Oh, you would hate working in my building! The building was specifically designed to have no windows--too much of a distraction, and too easy to steal mail by passing it to a confederate outside .

I have to make do with riding my bike home, and observing the wildlife along the bike path. That actually works quite well, fortunately.

Kingfisher

That sounds terrible kingfisher! Is there no natural ligt in the building then? The bike ride sounds like a welcome relief after work though. At least you have some countryside to cycle through rather than cycling through a town or city.

No, there is no natural lighting in the building, except for what seeps in through the front (revolving) door, and the roll-up doors leading to the outside of the building.

Yes, the bike ride is what makes it bearable--I don't know how my co-workers cope with it.

Kingfisher

I have to drive to work everyday - I couldn't walk or cycle it even if I wanted to - but I'm lucky in that I drive along country lanes. I quite often see deer and foxes in the fields by the roads. I've even had an owl swoop down infront of the car one winters evening.

Unfortunately at work theres not much chance to see any animals.

I don't know how your colleagues work with it either Kingfisher, I think there should be some sort of regulations when it comes to letting in natural light.

It's not very pleasant. In one of my workplaces, the building was designed without windows because it's original purpose was to be used for building a secret spy plane--the SR-70 Blackbird. The others were just to keep workers from dreaming about being outside instead of inside.

Seriously, I suspect it has to do with the fact that the work I do continues around the clock. Natural daylight would tend to make people sleepy just when they need to be alert.

Kingfisher

Oooh!!!! Wow ,the skunk works!!!!