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Students create new nesting sites at the Swan Pond
There are new nesting opportunities for native birds at the Swan Pond in Mittweida: in March 2026, students on the Bachelor’s degree programme in Sustainable real estate management completed the birdhouses they had built themselves and, in collaboration with the town of Mittweida, attached them to trees.
The project had actually begun at the 2025 Christmas party. At that time, the students built the birdhouses together. To ensure they could withstand long-term outdoor use, they were then carefully finished: a treatment with linseed oil is intended to make the wood more resistant to the elements. In addition, the roofs were covered with roofing felt to better protect them from rain and damp.
Following these preparations, the nesting boxes were installed at the Schwanenteich. In cooperation with the town of Mittweida, the nesting boxes were professionally secured and oriented towards the east. They are now available to their future feathered inhabitants as new nesting sites.
The project combines creative engagement, craftsmanship and nature conservation. The students were able to see a shared idea through from planning to implementation, thereby putting sustainability into practice first-hand.
With the boxes now in place, the work is complete for the time being. It will be exciting to see how many birds take up the new nesting opportunities.
