The Re-Cyc-Ology Project

The Re-Cyc-Ology Project We use recycled materials to build & install for Australian wildlife, & run workshops to f

Installing a nestbox high in one of southwest WA’s gorgeous Karri trees last year. What a magnificent place to be climbi...
10/04/2026

Installing a nestbox high in one of southwest WA’s gorgeous Karri trees last year. What a magnificent place to be climbing! It’s a THRILL to be back here today & we’re very excited to search for some very precious treasure soon! 🌳🧗🏼💚😍

WONDERFUL ? author talk at the Eaton Library the other night! Thank you to the fabulous crowd & super friendly communit...
10/04/2026

WONDERFUL ? author talk at the Eaton Library the other night! Thank you to the fabulous crowd & super friendly community for their warmth & welcoming, & especially to Kate for the invitation & all the organising (& taking some pics!). So glad you guys learned something & enjoyed the pics. It was fitting the Kookobort / Boobook began calling above our accomodation the night before! 🌳🪹📦📗🦉😊

A very cute / nestling photographed in December last year that was surrounded by a pretty decoration of shredded & p...
02/04/2026

A very cute / nestling photographed in December last year that was surrounded by a pretty decoration of shredded & partially dried (exotic) pine Pinus pinaster cones, brought in by the adults. We think it’s one of the prettiest scenes we’ve seen in the bottom of a nestbox (much better than a pile of bird poo anyway 💩😆!) stboxing 🌲🥜🥰

Stocking up on materials! The only thing we buy new for our work is fasteners (i.e. screws) but all other material is ...
02/04/2026

Stocking up on materials! The only thing we buy new for our work is fasteners (i.e. screws) but all other material is salvaged & recycled. Even though a large form ply donation kicked us off back in 2011, this material mostly has to be bought second hand nowadays as many concreting mobs save offcuts. However, we always welcome donations to minimise operating costs & maximising wildlife outcomes so if you have any scrap form ply (or other materials like hard-wood) please get in touch via our website! 🪵🪚🔨🔧🔩

A gorgeous / breeding in a installed for this species in a Perth suburb in 2021. We were thrilled to find the box ...
01/04/2026

A gorgeous / breeding in a installed for this species in a Perth suburb in 2021. We were thrilled to find the box occupied only a few months after installation & even happier that it’s been used for 5 years in a row! We were equally delighted with the recent wonderful news that the APVMA will ban the sale of harmful Sevond Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides which will help urban populations of these beautiful raptors no end! 🌳🪹📦🦉😍

SUCH a great breeding season for our precious endemic / birds with more than 15 nestlings banded as part of the long...
23/03/2026

SUCH a great breeding season for our precious endemic / birds with more than 15 nestlings banded as part of the longest ongoing research project on the species to date. AND… it might continue into this season of Djeran with breeding calls & courtship displays still being observed in the last week (pic 1). It is a really amazing privilege to see gorgeous chicks hatched & reared in our nestboxes (made from recycled materials), like this one banded 10 days ago (pics 2 & 3). Thank you to the wonderful local friends who made the fabulously useful handling bags we use to carefully extract the chicks to be weighed, measured & banded before returning them safely ‘home’ 🌳🪹📦🐥😍📝

We prefer to install our rear-entry ‘medium mammal’ nestboxes in trees, but when are causing problems in roofspaces, a...
21/03/2026

We prefer to install our rear-entry ‘medium mammal’ nestboxes in trees, but when are causing problems in roofspaces, attaching them to buildings at or close to the animals’ access point can speed up the process of ‘transitioning’ them to their new sleeping quarters.

These 2 boxes were installed at a beautiful cottage in the Perth Hills last year to help with the all too common problem of unwelcome ceiling guests. The first one was modified slightly to include a shelf & log round to help possums access it & fitted facing outwards, while the second was installed with its entrance facing the tree as normal.

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We always just LOVE discovering / in our nestboxes (better there than in someone’s roof!), especially ones that are ...
21/03/2026

We always just LOVE discovering / in our nestboxes (better there than in someone’s roof!), especially ones that are well over a decade old & still serving their purpose!! This mumma & joey were a super cute find during the spring breeding season last year 😍

18/03/2026

The magic of SUNG to us daily by cockatoos 🌳🙌🏼

We are blessed to be based here on this sacred part of where a significant part of the heartbeat of the land is felt with the pulse of / amassing during their post-breeding migration 🖤🤍🖤🎶🥹

It’s been a slow start to the year but Doug’s legacy lives on in so many ways & we are super grateful & excited to be sharing another year with you!

Heartfelt thanks to you all for the love, support & kindness ❤️

Hi folks!!THANKS & welcome to all the new followers! And huge apologies for the lack of posts for MONTHS.It’s been a par...
16/10/2025

Hi folks!!

THANKS & welcome to all the new followers! And huge apologies for the lack of posts for MONTHS.

It’s been a particularly busy year & Simon (me!) has prioritised keeping posts up to date on my ‘eagle’ account rather than here. My plan is to do a ‘photo dump’ at some point sharing pictures of the many events & hollow-dependent stories that have happened since May. But that time is not yet here. Watch this (currently hollow!) space! 😅

For now, though, I just had to share this duck story, because it traces right back to where, for me, the whole ReCycOlogy story began.

The (Yet in Noongar) was the first bird species I found using a backyard during my childhood journey 30 years ago. Since then I’d maintained 2 boxes for use by what I’ve presumed has been the same 2 females that appear in Parky each Makuru, spend time with their mates, & breed. This was until about 5 years ago when one box fell apart & the another, moved to a new spot when a tree died, was repeatedly vacant. The ducks still returned… they were always seen in Djilba & Kambarang with ducklings… but they were obviously breeding elsewhere.

Late last year, stuck for time as always, I decided on a ‘quick fix.’ I popped a form-ply cap on the end of a large hollow normally chopped into slivers for use on the front of our nestboxes, & hung it in the EXACT fork where the original box had been throughout most of the 2000 & 2010’s. It was used by a possum on & off until the middle of this year. Then (almost suddenly!), in late Makuru, I found 2 eggs, & just over a week later, a female black duck was incubating her full clutch of 9, sitting cozily on her thick layer of soft down-feathers plucked from her body. Her eggs hatched in late Djilba & I saw her teeny ducklings frolicking among the wetland vegetation I’d planted over ~20 years. Joyous!! 🥰

Yesterday, an impromptu check following a sighting by my sharp-eyed son saw me photographing a… (continued in comments below!)… 👇🏼

BRILLIANT last few days in Margs region installing plenty of with wonderful landowners helping Country with a keenness...
13/05/2025

BRILLIANT last few days in Margs region installing plenty of with wonderful landowners helping Country with a keenness to restore tree-hollow habitat on their land! Thanks so much to all involved, especially Simon, Sara & Greta (pic 1), Jodie, Rod & the fabulous crew at (pic 3-4, including the fastest nest-box-inhabiting creature ever recorded, a who jumped on to investigate the box less than 2 minutes post-installation!), & Edda whose property was a delight to visit!! 🌳🪹📦😅😅

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