Bird on the wire nest on Electric Avenue?

Electric Avenue in Brixton, the London borough where Alec Dick saw a pigeon’s nest made entirely of electrical wiring. Photograph: Sam Mellish/Alamy

Your report on the use by crows and magpies of anti-bird spikes for nesting material (11 July) reminded me of a pigeon’s nest I came across on the landing of a metal fire escape on the outside of a building in Brixton, London. It was made entirely of short strips of old red and black electrical wiring carefully constructed to form a circle. Seemingly more symbolic than functional, nevertheless it contained two eggs at its centre.
Alec Dick
Stokesley, North Yorkshire

• To all the tributes to Derek Malcolm should be added his support for film societies and community cinemas (Derek Malcolm, longtime Guardian film critic, dies aged 91, 16 July). As honorary president of Cinema for All since 1995, Derek was an inspiration to volunteers with his enthusiasm for and knowledge of world cinema.
Brian Clay
Vice-president, Cinema for All