Bird styles are brimming in contemporary memorial practices and apparently they have an unique location in the celebration of the cremated dead in our modern world. I resolved measurements of this in relation to cemeteries, however likewise gardens of remembrance at crematoria in previous posts, consisting of environments which cultivate bird existences– forests, yards and bodies of water– along with particular product cultures– dovecotes and bird baths. Bird themes are a typical component on gravestones and accessories put on tombs.

One component I have not resolved in the past are real bird boxes repaired to trees within gardens of remembrance. I saw these this year at Landican Cemetery and Crematorium, Wirral. These bird boxes are placed without attention to separated places to prioritise cultivating reproducing birds. Rather, they are not just firmly clustered together, located within the busiest place at the centre of the crematorium gardens as one component in a plan of kerb-side memorial plaques in the crematorium gardens.

Representing birds and motivating birdlife makes up a flexible set of memorial styles in modern mortuary celebration. What stays uncertain is whether the examples like this are remarkable or prevalent. Any additional examples are extremely welcome!