Would You Sleep in a Hostel That's Also a Birdhouse?

While it may not be as exciting as swimming with the dolphins, sleeping with the birds is a perfectly acceptable way to commune with nature. And it may be possible to do so in future England, should a risk-loving capitalist ever bankroll Thomas Savage's mad hostels-that-transform-into-birdhouses concept.

Don't worry, humans: You would not need to regurgitate food into the mouths of chicks as part of the deal. People and birds would not simultaneously live in these queer structures, which Savage would like to see go up in the northeastern port town of Blyth. Sunscreen-slathered land mammals would take over in the summer, when the weather's nice and recreations like camping and sailing are popular. When the months start to turn cold, humans would leave to make room for flocks of migrating birds, which in this sector of the world means loons, sea ducks, golden plovers and flapping fieldfares (actual scientific name: Turdus Pilaris).