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This is what we should be doing for #Swifts! Not blocking up their ancestral nests!

#Birds #Derbyshire #NetworkRail

FFS! 😡 Anger as #swifts’ nesting holes in #Derbyshire rail #viaduct ‘blocked up’

Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment

Patrick Barkham
Fri 10 Apr 2026

"Network Rail began work on the refurbishment of the 160-year-old viaducts last summer while swifts were nesting. An ecological report, commissioned by Network Rail and not required by law, found no evidence of nesting swifts.

"This claim was challenged by swift watchers, who assembled 38 pieces of evidence they said showed at least nine nest sites on the viaducts. Network Rail later accepted there were swift holes and said it had worked around the nesting birds.

"British Transport Police’s wildlife crime team was investigating whether nesting birds may have been disturbed, after the refurbishment work was reported to the police by campaigners last summer."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/10/anger-as-swifts-nesting-holes-in-derbyshire-rail-viaduct-blocked-up

#UKPol #AnimalCruelty #WildlifeCrimes #CitizenScience #BirdWatching #Wildlife #HumanIgnorance

Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’

Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment

The Guardian

"Our skies get quieter every summer: from 1995 to 2023, the UK swift population declined by 68%. “It is a pretty consistent decline,” says the RSPB’s migratory birds programme manager, Dr Guy Anderson, “and it’s pretty consistent wherever you look in the UK.”

#Swifts #Birds #Wildlife #Environment

The reasons are murky, but‘Swifts spark joy!’ Why these beautiful birds need our help – and 10 ways to give it | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/swifts-spark-joy-why-these-beautiful-birds-need-our-help-and-10-ways-to-give-it?&CMP=upside_email

‘Swifts spark joy!’ Why these beautiful birds need our help – and 10 ways to give it

Britain’s swift population fell by two-thirds between 1995 and 2023. Make their lives a little easier with a bit more food and more places to nest

The Guardian
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Swift First Aid & Carers

@jamesbridle

You may be heartened to hear that swift bricks are definitely a thing in Scotland.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cly9r7d74l5o

#swifts #housing #urbanNature #scotland

Swift bricks to be put in every new home in Scotland

The Scottish government has made it part of the law, that all new homes should have a special brick added to make a home for swifts

BBC Newsround

Schottland hat den Einbau von Nestziegel fßr Mauersegler in Neubauten gesetzlich vorgeschrieben. Das sind hervorragende Neuigkeiten fßr die stark rßckgängige Population.
#mauersegler #swifts #artenschutz

https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/scotland-becomes-first-uk-country-to-put-swift-bricks-into-law?utm_source=notes_on_nature_20260207&utm_medium=email&utm_term=notes_on_nature&utm_content=14&utm_campaign=notes_on_nature

Scotland becomes first UK country to put Swift bricks into law

Thanks to your support, Scotland’s Natural Environment Bill includes a key measure to help save Swifts.

Save our swifts: include swift bricks in every new house

I just signed the campaign calling to save our swifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with "swift bricks" - safe places for these birds to nest. Will you join me?

Sheffield Swift Network

Taking action to help swifts across the city of Sheffield.

Sheffield Swift Network

"This is a brilliant example of how communities can make a real difference – not just for wildlife, but for the future of our planet."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkj78e3zvo

#SheffieldSwiftNetwork #Sheffield #Birds #Nature #Swifts #WildLife #Community #BirdsOfMastodon #BioDiversity #Nests #SolarPunkSunday

Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes

The Sheffield Swift Network was given ÂŁ7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.

BBC News