These sand martins have found a sand pile between two piles of crushed concrete, on the site of the M74 extension. Is this a statement of desperation for nesting sites? I believe this is the case, should not parks, national trust ground and other publicly held ground not erect artificial nest sites?

see links

http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/advice/sandmartins/index.asp

http://www.users.freenetname.co.uk/~sandmartin/page2.html

Needless to say the birds have been protected by those cuddly construction chaps.

David Welsh, I know you are a busy man, but the artificial site on concrete legs would be an easy construction project using mostly spare materials. If you could place this  …