Looking out

for wildlife

Building & civil engineering contractors Gilleard Bros Ltd are not only bird hide manufacturers, we are also general building contractors. This means we are able to combine our knowledge and skills as builders into all the structures that we supply from the foundations up   read more here   Photo above shows 5 steel framed portable buildings we supplied to a client. Please click on photo to see more of the steel framed hides and structures we are now able to manufacture and supply

New hide designs

Gilleard Brothers Ltd are leading the way yet again   

Click on any of the sketches below to find out more about the stealth hides we can offer 

Shelters for any occasion

RECENT PROJECTS 

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Tern Rafts RSPB Scotland

(using floatation tanks no polystyrene)

Waveny Bird Club (Jan 2024)

Swift Tower

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 Northumberland Wildlife Trust November 2023

Converted Steel Container Hides 

Viewing Platform

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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust North Cave Nature Reserve

September 2023

Hexagonal hide with steel base 

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RSPB Shetland  Sumburgh August 2023

(Cantilevered steel framed observation hide on cliff edge) 

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TRESO ISLAND, ISLES OF SCILLY

Boardwalk

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FOR NATURE SCOT AT MONTROSE SCOTLAND

(Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)

Extra large wheelchair section to accommodate larger wheelchairs 

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RSPB MINSMERE

480m Boardwalk / Bridge / Platform

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RSPB SHETLAND

Classroom / Bird Hide / Storeroom

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Open classroom Millennium Country Park

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Steel/Timber bridge

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

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RSPB Shetland 

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Portable bird hides

We now manufacture portable bird hides on a galvanised steel frame which

means they can be moved by a forklift reducing time on site and disturbance

to wildlife

(please click on photo to see more images)

  (forklift access to site will be required)

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Gosforth Nature Reserve Classroom

(Natural History Society of Northumbria)

 Lined out interior including Kitchen, Washrooms & Toilets

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Angled hide for RSPB Burton Mere with angled

viewing sections. Completed December 2020

Additional top viewing window for standing visitors 

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Octagonal Steel framed hide for RSPB Wallasea Island

Completed September 2020 

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Timber clad block hide with living roof

for Bowmer & Kirkland at Belper Derbyshire 

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RSPB Ouse Washes

One of 5 bird hides built for the RSPB at Ouse Washes over the last 3 years

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RSPB Rye Meads angled hide with reception area

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RSPB Old Moor. Steel framed angled hide with living roof

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Ladywalk Reservoir

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Stodmarsh Nature Reserve

Steel framed elevated hide for Natural England

Steel staircase using non slip floor treads

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Hide/Shelter

Forest of Marston Vale

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Steel framed panoramic hide at Blashford Lakes nature reserve

for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.  

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 Sand Martin Nesting Bank

Berville-sur-Seine Normandy France

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Combined bird hide & viewing platform for Maldon District Council 

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 Vandal resistant screen using steel and timber lookalike concrete sleepers.

Tiddenfoot Lake Bedfordshire Council

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3.5m x 3.5m bird hide on 15m platform for

Scottish Renewables at the Glen App Wind Farm Stranraer

Designed to have additional sections fitted to allow for tree growth.

(Project in partnership with Holme Steel Fabrications Scunthorpe.)

 (Click on photo to see hide being lifted onto the tower)

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RSPB Saltholme hide refurbishment

The shape of things to come ?

Click on the image below to see a short animation