{"id":2144,"date":"2020-02-21T14:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/?p=2144"},"modified":"2020-02-21T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T13:20:52","slug":"creative-upcycling-bird-boxes-bat-boxes-and-bug-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/2020\/02\/21\/creative-upcycling-bird-boxes-bat-boxes-and-bug-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Upcycling &#8211; Bird Boxes, Bat Boxes and Bug Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Grounds Sports Team based at Topsham Sports Ground have been busy making bird boxes and bat boxes from spare wooden palettes. These have been put up around the grounds in time for the bird nesting season and\u00a0the excess ones\u00a0will\u00a0be sold at our plant sales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2145\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bird-and-Bat-Boxes-Upcyled-from-Wooden-Pallets-February-2020-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird and bat boxes upcycled from wooden pallets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If that wasn&#8217;t impressive enough,\u00a0the Grounds Sports Team have also created a bug hotel upcycled from a tree that fell during the recent storms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2146\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bug-Hotel-Upcycled-From-Fallen-Tree-February-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bug-Hotel-Upcycled-From-Fallen-Tree-February-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bug-Hotel-Upcycled-From-Fallen-Tree-February-2020.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bug-Hotel-Upcycled-From-Fallen-Tree-February-2020-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2020\/02\/Bug-Hotel-Upcycled-From-Fallen-Tree-February-2020-501x1024.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bug hotel upcycled from a fallen tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u00a0fantastic sustainability initiatives, well done to all our creative Grounds Sports Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Grounds Sports Team based at Topsham Sports Ground have been busy making bird boxes and bat boxes from spare wooden palettes. 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