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Hampshire Swifts
- May 7
- 3 min
More on Urban Birds
Roger and I always make note of which urban birds are nesting where while we are putting up Swift boxes. On Friday last week our first...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Apr 11
- 1 min
How much space does a Swift need to nest?
Not a lot it would seem! I was recently sent some photos by Nik Knight, Chairman of the Hampshire Bat Group (for whom I recently did a...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Cala Homes Thames launches first Urban Wildlife Strategy
Cala Homes Thames has launched its Urban Wildlife Strategy, which outlines its intention to incorporate biodiversity improvement measures...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Mar 15
- 2 min
It need not be bad news when fascias & soffits are replaced
Debbie Tann, CEO of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, has had a pair of Swifts nesting at the front of her house for many years...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Wherwell - the Start of a Swift Colony
In 2017 we were asked by Tom to install some Swift boxes on a house in the centre of Wherwell. There were only two known pairs of Swifts,...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Winchester Cathedral - the Start of a Swift Colony
The installation of Swift boxes on Winchester Cathedral, generously funded by Birds on the Brink, was delayed a bit last year due to...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Great news in Highcliffe, Winchester
Back in 2018, Winchester City Council were carrying out extensive re-roofing works on their Council-owned stock of properties. Following...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Nov 4, 2021
- 1 min
Good results in Regents Park, Southampton
Ron Cooke has now sent in his records from the Swift boxes within his core area of Regents Park, Southampton. He takes his boxes down at...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Oct 20, 2021
- 1 min
Great work for Swifts in Southsea
Just a quick update on the wooden boxes that Dave Warner has installed on and near his home in Southsea over the last few years. Dave...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
Another great result in Winchester…
For the last three years we have been putting up Model 30 Swift boxes in the Fulflood area of the City. We have now put up 27 boxes in...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Dear BTO - part 3
Hospital of St Cross Update - October 2021 At the end of each nesting season we go back to the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester, to check...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Sep 20, 2021
- 5 min
Dear BTO - part 2
Following our earlier blog about the BTO website which you can read here - and the earlier pdf which is linked on that blog - I have...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Swift population grows on New Milton estate
Following on from the results of the 2020 survey of the North Milton estate for Swifts and other urban birds, which we covered on our...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jul 29, 2021
- 2 min
Unexpected nest sites at the Hospital of St Cross
We got a surprise when we got reports of swifts nesting underneath some of the nest boxes we installed on the Hospital of St Cross.
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
New swift bricks fitted in Emsworth
Last September I received a call about a new Doctor’s Surgery that was being built in Emsworth. Malinda Griffin told me that the...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Calling all residents of Winchester City Council
Our last blog https://bit.ly/3rc7eTQ examined exactly what Winchester City Council (WCC) are doing to conserve Swifts and other declining...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jul 15, 2021
- 8 min
How Swift-friendly is Winchester City Council?
Introduction Previous Hampshire Swift blogs (https://bit.ly/2TdKx5c; https://bit.ly/3ra4A11; https://bit.ly/3fWavmD) have highlighted the...
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Hampshire Swifts
- May 13, 2021
- 6 min
Cala Homes. An Opportunity for Redemption
A previous blog highlighted the absurdly low number of Swift nest sites planned for the Cala Homes development at the Kings Barton site,...
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Hampshire Swifts
- May 9, 2021
- 4 min
Cala Homes – meaningless words, and still no commitment.
Following the last blog about Cala Homes and the missing Swift bricks, Geraldine Buchanan wrote to Cala Homes expressing her concern...
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Hampshire Swifts
- Jun 23
- 3 min
Saving Hampshire’s Swifts – Volunteers Needed
We are making a difference – a huge difference in some areas. And little by little in many places the Swift population is starting to...
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Hampshire Swifts
- May 7
- 3 min
More on Urban Birds
Roger and I always make note of which urban birds are nesting where while we are putting up Swift boxes. On Friday last week our first...
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