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LÉMAN 1 · PRE-ORDER 2027
A cork platform, moored a few metres from your berth. The birds nest on it and your boat stays free and clean all season.
Pre-order price until 25 December
You install it once and that's it
The only solution for your boat and for nature
Pays for itself from the first nest it keeps off your boat
Delivered from February 2027. Free shipping in Switzerland.
Free cancellation until 31 January
No nest on your boat, but keen to help the grebes? Sponsor a platform in a harbour, from CHF 49.
Assembled by hand in Switzerland
In Martigny, in the sheltered workshop of the Fondation Saint-Hubert.
IN THE MEDIA
“Three pairs of grebes enjoyed our hotel room. Very friendly tenants, sometimes a bit noisy.”
“Not a single bird on my swim platform this year, not even any dirt!”
“The grebe on the platform, nothing on the boat.”
“Before the eggs were laid, I moved part of the nest onto the platform, and they stayed there a good while.”
“It works very well.” · Joël Happe, harbour master, Morges
THE PROBLEM
Great crested grebes and coots have lost their reed beds. In spring, they nest on anything floating just above the water: swim platform, boat cover, mooring lines. An occupied grebe nest is protected by federal law. Your boat stays tied up until the chicks have left.
at least, with the boat stuck in the harbour
to September: nesting season, up to three broods
Federal Hunting Act: up to one year in prison or a fine for anyone who takes the eggs or disturbs the brood
Delivered assembled from late February, moored in five minutes, occupied from April to September.
01 · Late February
Delivered assembled
02 · Five minutes
Moored next to your berth
03 · April to September
The birds nest on it
THE PRE-ORDER, IN PLAIN TERMS
Each platform is cut and assembled by hand at the Martigny workshop, in small batches. Your pre-orders tell the workshop how many to make: no stock sitting idle, no surplus. That saving comes back to you in the price, and the price goes up as delivery gets closer.
The lowest price. Your pre-order tells us how many platforms to make with the workshop.
Free of charge, full refund. From 26 December to 31 January, the price goes up to CHF 189.
Free shipping in Switzerland, before the birds return. From February, the regular price is CHF 199.
All pre-order and cancellation terms: read the terms and conditions
✓ Assembled platform, rope and carabiner
✓ Free shipping in Switzerland
✓ Pay once, nothing else to pay
✓ Free cancellation until 31 January
Two berths to protect? Set of 2 · CHF 320
ASSEMBLED IN SWITZERLAND · MARTIGNY
Léman 1 is assembled by hand by the team at Fondation Saint-Hubert, a workshop that employs people with disabilities. The cork comes from Portugal: it is the offcuts from making wine corks.
Fondation Saint-Hubert, Martigny
Agglomerated cork, offcuts from bottle corks
LIROS Seastar marine rope, stainless steel carabiner
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your harbour, your boat, where to put the platform: it's easier on the phone.
+41 21 539 46 47
Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm
info@birdsnco.ch · reply within 48 working hours
Nearly 200 platforms have been installed since 2025, in 12 harbours and municipalities in French-speaking Switzerland, on Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchâtel. In Morges, harbour master Joël Happe sums it up: “It works very well.” And until 31 January, you can cancel at no cost.
It happens, especially with coots, which are less predictable than grebes. What helps most: put the platform between the pontoon and the stern of the boat, and tie it with two ropes so it stays flat. Call us in March and we'll look at your berth together.
Yes. The pre-order can be cancelled at no cost until 31 January. You get a full refund.
Yes. Grebes can nest several times between March and September, up to three broods. With the platform nearby, they have a better spot than your boat.
No. No food, no bait. It gives the birds already there a better spot than your boat.
A little, yes, especially under a big nest. Tie it with two ropes so it stays flat, and take it out of the water at the end of the season.
The assembled platform, its marine rope, its stainless steel carabiner and the installation instructions.
Better to take it out at the end of the season. It can stay in the water, but the rope and the cork wear out much faster.
Each platform has a tag with a unique number. Clip the carabiner to a fixed point on the pontoon and add a second rope.
No, as long as it stays within your berth.
For now, we deliver in Switzerland. Are you elsewhere in Europe? Write to us.
Every Friday until 29 January, we draw a keyring cut from the cork of the platforms. We also let you know three days before the pre-order price goes up to 189.