They're back! The first three pairs of House Martins has laid claim to three of the artificial nests on Itchenor Harbour Office. Hopefully we'll see more in the next few weeks. Selsey Birder

Amazing swift facts no's 1 & 2 (of 6 gazillion)
Did you know..?
Swifts can't perch, they have no hind claw (no 'opposable thumb') & have lost their connection with the earth. Once they fledge the nest, apart from raising their young, they spend their whole lives on the wing.

Sheffielders! Have you been meaning to put in a swift brick but overwhelmed by the task?
Want to know more about creating homes for swifts or ways you can help?
Come & see Sheffield Swift Network Flora & Chet Cunago
SUN 12 MAY, Crookes Club S10 1UH
11 - 4pm
Epic 📷 Robert Booth

Our friends Bolton & Bury Swifts have partnered with RSPB, to bring LIVE SWIFT CAM
Box taken by Mart & Martha in 2016, but last year Mart took a new partner, before Martha returned from her migration, she fought and lost to Martha II
AND NOW MART IS BACK !!
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The Steel City Snapper Yorkshire Water 💧 Welcome to Sheffield The Outdoor City Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust Redmires is home to rare and precious wildlife, desperately trying to raise their young
To them a dog is a wolf, a predator they've evolved to fear
Contact disturbance causes abandonment of their young
🙏remember our wild places aren't dog pools, they're home to the wild things

They're back! Sheffield S17
6/5/24. 6.35pm
Sheffield Swift Network Totley Swifts Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

They are back! S6 Swifts Sheffield Sheffield Swift Network Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

Indoor Meeting reminder:
This Weds, 8th May - our very own David Wood takes us birding through Argentina ‘From Pampas to Patagonia’
7.15pm LT2 The Diamond Building.
Then in the pub afterwards
Last meeting before our summer break.

Fab 'Tweet of the Day' by Stephen Moss.
We do indeed need those handy little £39 swift bricks installed into every new build development. Rishi Sunak
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Tell our Prime Minister how furious you are he is blocking our swift brick proposal ✍️ Rishi Sunak, PM, 10 Downing St, London SW1A2AA📮📝 *without swift bricks there’s no guaranteed nesting habitat for swifts anywhere in the UK and never will be*

I accused naturephobe Rishi Sunak of blocking a popular, cheap, easy measure to reverse the horrifying decline of swifts in the UK (numbers collapsed by 60% between 1995 & 2020). 

Govt has denied this saying: “This is wrong. We are working hard with the sector to promote the…

It began with a single robin at 4.13am while tawny owls protested against the advancing day! Just listen to that song thrush!
#DawnChorusDay outside my exhibition Gilling East Village Hall open 10am-5pm today and tomorrow.
jonathanpomroy.co.uk

Disgraceful Rishi Sunak petty minded with no logic. BNG doesn't include cavity nesters so look at your own legislation.
Lets hope the next government is more considered and listens to the issues Keir Starmer Ed Miliband
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Furious, deeply saddened & dumbfounded. The easiest win for conservation handed to Tories on a plate, but now blocked by Rishi Sunak, 'utterly indifferent to nature' .
Let him know how wrong this decision is.
Rishi Sunak
10 Downing Street,
London SW1A 2AA independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Eyes to the skies Sheffield!
May the fourth be swift views..
(do you like what we did there)?

sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/ive-spotted-a-…

Super helpful information on Sheffield Swift Network’s website! You can help #swifts by adapting UPVC #soffits or fitting soffit nest boxes. 😊 #eaves #nestbox

**APPEAL**

Peregrine found at Hey Clough, north side of, and close to the A628 Woodhead Pass near Crowden on RSPB Dovestone. A post mortem suggests the bird had been shot at the location it was found. Get in touch with any info quoting ref 24*198336

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Chet Cunago just heard swifts over Walkley!

Sheffield Swift Network Mark Smyth Not yet and none seen today at the nesting site near Hathersage pool...

Wow fab news from Mark Smyth in Northern Ireland.
Ours aren't back yet, any time now.
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