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Photos of the week: National Olympic Committees, Aquatics Centre and bird boxes
Alex, ODA Marketing Executive, New Media16 April 2010
This photo was taken earlier this week when delegates from 17 National Olympic Committees around the world visited London 2012 headquarters and the Olympic Park for an update about plans for the Games. Here you can see the group gathered in front of the O

Also on the Park, the Aquatics Centre is coming along nicely. This webcam photo shows work taking place on the roof. Can you spot the workers on top?

 

Aquatics Centre

This last photo shows one of a number of bird boxes being installed on the Olympic Park. The boxes aim to encourage nesting by black redstarts and house sparrows. The boxes, made of excess utilities pipe recycled from the site, are placed into walls made of stones around the Park.

 

Bird boxes being installed

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