Roger and I went to check the Swift boxes in the tower of the Cathedral in mid-September. You can read our previous blogs on the subject here and here. The arrow marks the location of the internal Swift boxes In short, the boxes were installed in August 2020, and this year, for the first time, all 20 boxes have been used. Winchester Cathedral - Swift box end of season inspections 2021 1 pair bred + 1 nest complete 2022 2 pairs bred + 5 nests complete 2023 9 pairs bred + 4 nes

A few years back, Winchester City Council agreed to install a Swift box on all the Council properties that they were reroofing in mitigation for the many bird nesting sites being lost during the insulation/roof upgrades. The Winchester City Council area covers not just the City itself but approximately 250 square miles of central Hampshire, going as far as Sutton Scotney in the north, West Meon in the east, and Hambledon in the south. Swift boxes installed at Highcliffe, Winc