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A small bird's nest made of green moss and twigs, viewed from above. It sits centrally against a plain white background.

Photography: Incredible birds' nests captured up-close by Bianca Tuckwell

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Date
17 June 2013

We’ve had to put in a bit of a cap on the amount of projects we feature that are essentially objects on coloured backgrounds, but we let this one slide because the objects are real bird’s nests sourced from the actual wild. Bianca Tuckwell just scooped a first class honours degree from UCA Farnham, perhaps due to the absolute winner of The Growth That Is Our Own Cradle alone. These uncomplicated photographs of things which we know exist but never really get to properly observe is a perfect example of a project that looks simple to create, but actually involves a hell of a lot of work. Favourite nest? Song Thrush, definitely. Cosy.

A bird's nest made of twigs, dried grass and moss. It is centred against a plain, pale yellow background.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Blackbird

A small, square bird’s nest made of dried grass and twigs. It is centred against a plain, pale blue background.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Blue tit

A small, square patch of green moss and soil sits centrally against a plain beige background. A few stray roots and a single dried leaf break the edges of the organic cube.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Dunnock

A small, woven bird's nest made of twigs and dried grass. It is centred against a plain, off-white background.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Gold Crest

A small bird’s nest made of green moss and dried twigs. It is centred against a plain white background.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Song Thrush

A small bird's nest made of dried moss, twigs and soft fibres. It is centred against a plain, off-white background.
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Bianca Tuckwell: Wren

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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