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Could swift bricks help bird populations grow?
A government committee is due to consider an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which could make so-called ...
The Argus on MSN5dOpinion
MP calls for bird nesting bricks to be made mandatory for building new homes
Swifts are returning to Brighton after their mammoth migration from their winter homes in Africa, but Government opposition - ...
Salisbury Journal on MSN6d
Farmer calls for action to protect endangered swift birds
A farmer is calling for more action to protect swifts - and is urging people to install swift bricks to give the birds ...
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Increase in nest boxes for visiting swifts
The number of nest boxes used by an endangered bird to breed has increased in the past year, according to the Suffolk Bird Group. The number of swifts using nesting boxes in Suffolk has risen from ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
What is North America’s Most Mysterious Bird?
Black swifts, with their preference for nesting on steep, wet, cold rock faces, are among the most enigmatic birds in North America. JT Thomas On a hot, dry July evening, a dentist named Mike ...
Dartmouth Chronicle6dOpinion
Caroline Snow | Swifts need our help
Swifts are back and screaming through our skies once more as they catch their insect food on the wing. Having flown 3,400 ...
BBC4d
Could swift bricks help bird populations grow?
It's just a crisis for the birds that we can easily solve." Cala Homes Swift bricks provide a home for a variety of cavity nesting birds like swifts and house martins. A spokesperson for the ...