I have written the following letter to Michael Gove. I’m not optimistic that I will get a reply or even that he might actually read it...

At the end of September Hampshire Swifts had a stand at the Michaelmas Fair held at the Hospital of St Cross in Winchester. The weather...

Roger Maynard, Rachel Hardy and I went to check the Swift boxes at Winchester Cathedral on 20 September. They are positioned in two...

St Peters Church at Ropley was originally built in Norman times, although little remains of its early structure except the south door....

In Hampshire traditional swift nest sites in our roofs and eaves have vanished in their thousands as houses are demolished or renovated...

Michelle Reeve is GBW Manager and the Editor of the BTO magazine Bird Table. Back on the 10 April this year I wrote to Michelle about an...

Since Hampshire Swifts was set up in 2016, we have received very few survey reports of Swifts nesting in Chandler’s Ford. What records...

We’ve been aware since 2020 that there were 8+ pairs of Swifts nesting in natural sites at Christ Church in Christchurch Road, Winchester...

Graham used to live above the Community Shop at Abbotts Ann where we installed 16 new Swift boxes in May last year which you can read...

We were approached by Sarah Moss in Lyndhurst last year to install some Swift boxes on her housing estate where the number of urban birds...

Hampshire Swifts were contacted a while back by Gillian Brown who is Head of Sustainability at the HHFT (Hampshire Hospitals Foundation...

Trussell Crescent in Weeke, Winchester, is home to one of largest Swift colonies in the city. The Crescent, owned by Winchester City...

We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Chris Packham for his recent videos publicising the e-petition requesting that the Government mandate...

I received a leaflet in the post this week from the RSPB asking me to become a Life Member, so I did. I’ve been a member for many years...

Further monitoring of the Swift boxes installed at Fulflood, Winchester by volunteer Fiona Hartley has shown how the colony continues to...

Back in September of last year I gave a talk to the Alresford Society about Swifts and how we can help them. It was actually a joint...

Back in 2004 just one pair of Swifts nested about 200 yards down the road from Dave Warner’s house (below) in Southsea, Portsmouth. That...

We are now progressing with some of the Swift boxes in church towers that have been on the list for a while and have got delayed due to...

Ron Cooke has even renamed his house! He put up his first Swift box in 2002 and it took till 2006 for the first box to be occupied. He...

by Mark Wagstaff There are few sounds more likely to remind us of summer than swifts screeching overhead on a warm balmy evening in June...