New double-chamber nest brick from Action for Swifts
The new double-chamber nest brick from Action for Swifts โ designed to make it easier than ever to provide nesting spaces for swifts, starlings, and house sparrows in new developments.ย โฆ
Developers, architects & ecologists.
The next generation nest brick - from non profit Action for Swifts - is here.
2 chambers in 1 brick without doubling the cost.
๐ for red listed sparrows starlings & swifts ๐
Get in touch for placement advice ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/2026/02/02/n...
03.02.2026 11:54 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Wonderful news for Scotlandโs swifts!
Scotland has unanimously backed law requiring swift nesting bricks in new buildings โ a UK first.
Huge congrats to Hannah Bourne-Taylor for tireless campaigning and Green MSP Mark Ruskell. ๐
28.01.2026 09:27 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Following our advice, we're thrilled to see nest boxes for red listed swifts fitted at Spartan Works - part of the Attercliffe Waterside Development in Sheffield.
Thanks to Rize Construction Ltd and CITU for funding them
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20.01.2026 15:38 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Nest Box Package Offer โ Spring 2026
Artificial Nests Boost Threatened Swift Populations! Take advantage of this Swift Nest Box Offer from our friends at Nestworks and give these precious, fast-declining birds a safe place to have theโฆ
House not suitable for swift bricks? No problem. Sheffield's habitat heroes Nestworks offer a ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ผ๐
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Artificial nest help precious colonies grow. ๐ for details ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/2026/01/15/n...
16.01.2026 23:15 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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Join us for a free Community Bird Event!
๐ Sat 31 Jan, 8amโ1pm
๐ Shire Brook Valley Nature Reserve, Stone Lane, S13 7BR
Enjoy a guided bird walk, fascinating talks on swifts and garden birds, info stalls, & a live birdโringing demo!
Everyoneโs welcome to celebrate Sheffieldโs amazing birdlife! ๐ฆ๐
13.01.2026 14:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
After our Swift talk with @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social, member, Wesley Booth turned inspiration into action!
With help from MCCP, MASKK & an AMAZING donor, 2 Swift boxes & a swift caller are now up at Temple Park Centre.
๐ for giving Manor Park's swifts a fighting chance.
๐ฌ Comment or website
11.01.2026 16:42 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Wishing everyone especially festive tidings and joyous screaming parties.
24.12.2025 15:58 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We're delighted to have been chosen alongside our friends Leeds Swifts, as recipients of the
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Please consider offering your support by donating or sponsoring a team at Gofundme ๐ ๐
www.gofundme.com/f/yorkshire-...
Good luck teams - race for Yorkshire SWIFTS!
21.12.2025 23:39 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Planning roof repairs or putting up scaffolding?
A Sheffield resident turned a roof replacement into a chance to help swifts!
By providing artificial nests heโs helping onceโthriving colonies recover.
Could your project do the same? Drop us a message or comment for free advice.
22.11.2025 20:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Frustrating to see politics let wildlife down AGAIN
Gift a swift brick. Home to 9 species & made to last MANY lifetimes
Together, WE can shape a better future for nature
Free bespoke advice ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork@gmail.com
Or swift brick web page ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/how-to-buy-a...
16.11.2025 15:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Weโre delighted that the BBC has featured a positive article about our recent swift brick project.
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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/โฆ
02.11.2025 16:56 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We challenge Lord Krebsโ claim that Amendment 245 wonโt work. Swifts nest in 4โ5m buildings as Evidenced in our film l. They need swift bricks to survive as old sites vanish
Listen to swift conservation experts!
#SaveOurSwifts #SwiftBricks #PlanningBill
31.10.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Swifts need your voice
The House of Lords votes next week on the swift brick amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill
๐ง Email steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
with the subject line
SWIFT BRICKS FOR SWIFT CHICKS
Letโs make sure they hear us before the final vote
24.10.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
61 Swift nest bricks now nestle in the homes around Sheffieldโs Shire Brook Valley!
Thanks to amazing residents, swifts - and a host of other species now - have safe places to raise their young, year after year.
21.10.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thanks to Sheffieldโs generosity, we've installed 5 new swift boxes + a swift caller at Arbourthorne Primary!
To support our projects๐ sheffieldswiftnetwork@gmail.com
Want boxes /talks at your school?
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/swift-events/Sโฆ
Box info:
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/recommended-ne๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ
04.10.2025 17:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Swift bricks in every new home? ๐ ๐ฆ
Next month the Lords vote on the Swift Brick Amendmentโand itโs make or break.
Email thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template to send your MP.
๐ Find your MP here www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/
Letโs give swifts a future. โ
22.09.2025 16:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Swifts: part bird, part sky.
Already installed a nest box or brick? Help more swifts!
Learn about their lifestyle, threats, and ways to make a difference ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/swifts-part-bird-part-sky/
๐ธ Stunning b&w image: Robert Booth
#SwiftConservation #SheffieldSwiftNetwork
12.09.2025 19:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Swift Bricks nestled between your walls - not just for swifts, not just for brick buildings.
Bespoke, beautiful, affordable and built to last by @AfSwifts.
How GREAT do these look?
Nest boxes in the building for life!
Info here
๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/swift-brick-...
๐ธ Paul Wren
02.09.2025 19:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Drop by our swift stall at
BRADWAY FUN DAY
6th Sept
1.30 - 4.30pm
Bradway Village Green, S17 4QX
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#SheffieldSwifts #SwiftConservation
31.08.2025 11:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Swift Diaries
O for a beaker full of the warm South (John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale')
A final August post on the swifts we share a house with
@drjomaher.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @sheffswiftnetwork.bsky.social @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social
17.08.2025 08:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
๐งฑ 61 new Swift Bricks have landed in Sheffield!
This Sept weโll install them in Woodhouse & Hackenthorpe, creating permanent nest sites.
Thanks to local residents like Daniel, for offering space for our Red Listed Swifts
๐Sheffield City Council, DefraGovUK & HeritageFundUK
#SpeciesSurvivalFund
16.08.2025 16:10 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thank you Lynn. It's great news isn't it? Every new nest site truly makes a difference.
26.07.2025 20:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If you build it they will come!
Much evidence of swifts taking up residence in new nests across the city
For FREE advice email
sheffieldswiftnetwork@gmail.com
Or see website
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org
๐ถ Childhood' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.
scottbuckley.com.au
26.07.2025 16:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
YouTube video by National Trust
Screaming Swifts | Living Life on the Fly | Podcast
Catch our Screaming Swifts podcast with the Wild Tales team at @nationaltrust.org.uk
๐
youtu.be/BGcbHRJp_xA?...
16.07.2025 22:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Join @TotleySwifts & experience the aerial aerobatics of our iconic summer visitors on a guided Swift Walk in Sheffield for Swift Awareness Week
Friday July 4th: 8.15pm till dark
Meet: entrance to Green Oak Park/ Mickley Lane
maps.app.goo.gl/g8QYWchw1TQm...
(๐ฝ๏ธ Denmark) ๐ Johnskovhus
01.07.2025 17:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Swift Diaries
Fascination
Itโs Swift Awareness Week. Iโve been writing about the swifts of Crookes all this summer in these posts and diary entries. @sheffswiftnetwork.bsky.social @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social
29.06.2025 08:00 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Future proof you home for swifts โ hereโs how!
We at the Sheffield Swift Network have learnt quite alot over the years about whatโs working and whatโs not for our swifts. The result is our new guidance that we hope you find invaluabโฆ
๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐?
Future proof precious nests against INEVITABLE & potentially devastating results of roof repairs
๐ธThis season, note the precise nest entrance points
๐ธThen visit our website ๐
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/2025/06/27/f...
28.06.2025 10:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Aww. Thanks @jabaddams.bsky.social
Lots of amazing people around the country working tirelessly to save Swifts.
Email angela.rayner.mp@parliament.uk
To MANDATE SWIFT BRICKS
09.06.2025 09:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
SWIFT TALK TONIGHT
Join us tonight Wed 14th May, 7.15pm
at our talk for @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social
Lecture Theatre 2, Ground Floor, The Diamond Building at the University of Sheffield, Leavygreave Road, Sheffield
S3 7RD.
More info here sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/upcoming-eve...
14.05.2025 07:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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