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Apr 7
5 min

Cala Homes, the Kings Barton development and the case of the missing swift bricks

The 2000 home Cala development at Kings Barton in Winchester will include a derisory 20 Swift boxes (estimated), corresponding to a density

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Hampshire Swifts

Dec 1, 2020
3 min

Dear BTO,

Yesterday I caught up with the Love Minsmere live event by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin that was live-streamed on YouTube on Thursday...

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Hampshire Swifts

Nov 28, 2020
1 min

Freshwater Fields

Caroline Dudley has done a nice write-up of the history and subsequent surveys of the Freshwater Fields development on the Isle of Wight...

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A rosy future for Swifts at the Hospital of St Cross

Hampshire Swifts

Nov 11, 2020
3 min

A rosy future for Swifts at the Hospital of St Cross

What a shame that the many events normally staged at the Hospital of St Cross to raise vital funds couldn't be held this year due to the...

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Hampshire Swifts

Oct 20, 2020
2 min

Mill House Business Centre

As a result of the review of a large number of planning applications by our team of enthusiastic Hampshire Swift-ers we became aware that...

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We know all about the "r" rate but what about the "occupation" or "o" rate..?

Hampshire Swifts

Oct 8, 2020
4 min

We know all about the "r" rate but what about the "occupation" or "o" rate..?

In a previous blog (“COVID-19: opportunity knocks..”) we asked the million dollar question: “how many of the thousand or so Swift boxes...

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Hampshire Swifts

Oct 2, 2020
1 min

10 years after?

Most Swift groups focus on protecting existing nest sites and providing additional nest sites for Swifts. The nature of Swift...

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Hampshire Swifts

Sep 12, 2020
3 min

A Tale of Swifts in Winchester

My name is Mary and when I moved to Winchester in the early 2000s, I delighted in the swifts. They seemed to arrive in late April and...

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Hampshire Swifts

Sep 1, 2020
3 min

Winchester Cathedral

Following a meeting last year between the Reverend Canon Roland Reim, Vice-Dean of Winchester Cathedral and Andy Broadhurst and Prof....

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Hampshire Swifts

Jul 5, 2020
6 min

Screaming Joy

To conclude our series of blogs for Swifts Awareness Week... The first thing I should do is introduce myself, because I feel like I know...

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Hampshire Swifts

Jul 3, 2020
2 min

Swifts are Weird

A blog for Swift Awareness Week By Jim Unwin I walk a lot, and I cycle a lot. I’m old enough now that I own shoes specific to each...

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Hampshire Swifts

Jun 30, 2020
3 min

Swifts in my Sanctuary

A blog for Swift Awareness Week by Jack Le Breton Since leaving university a couple of years ago, I rarely leave my home. It’s not...

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Hampshire Swifts

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

Swift Awareness Week: Appeal for help

Tomorrow marks the start of Swift Awareness Week and this coincides with the most active phase of the Swift breeding cycle. Breeding...

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Hampshire Swifts

Jun 19, 2020
1 min

Lymington Swift Walks 2020

As part of Swift Awareness Week, Hampshire Swifts had scheduled to run 2 walks around Lymington to showcase the Swift colonies in the...

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Hampshire Swifts

Jun 5, 2020
2 min

Swift Surveying. The Hampshire Swift Survey vs Swift Mapper

The Swift Mapper app has been updated and improved in conjunction with the RSPB and is used by the RSPB to collect data on the location...

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Hampshire Swifts

May 1, 2020
3 min

COVID-19: opportunity knocks..

In the past 4 years Hampshire Swifts has installed over 1000 Swift nest boxes on households, churches and public buildings. With a few...

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Calling all residents of Southampton....

Hampshire Swifts

Apr 7, 2020
3 min

Calling all residents of Southampton....

Southampton City Council are currently running a public consultation on the proposed "Local Plan" for the city which effectively dictates...

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Swift surveying "will count as daily exercise.." says Boris

Hampshire Swifts

Mar 31, 2020
1 min

Swift surveying "will count as daily exercise.." says Boris

By our special correspondent Prof Lailo After a heated COBRA meeting this morning Boris Johnson emerged triumphant to announce that Swift...

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Hampshire Swifts

Mar 21, 2020
1 min

Coronavirus and Swift box installations

Despite the increasingly strict government recommendations to minimise social contact there is no reason that the installation of Swift...

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Hampshire Swifts

Mar 19, 2020
2 min

Communication, communication, communication...help needed!

When Hampshire Swifts started we thought long and hard about how to communicate with people. Prior to development of the internet,...

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Hampshire Swifts

Apr 7
5 min

Cala Homes, the Kings Barton development and the case of the missing swift bricks

The 2000 home Cala development at Kings Barton in Winchester will include a derisory 20 Swift boxes (estimated), corresponding to a density

1,713 views Write a comment

Hampshire Swifts

Dec 1, 2020
3 min

Dear BTO,

Yesterday I caught up with the Love Minsmere live event by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin that was live-streamed on YouTube on Thursday...

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