Swifts are out in force in Welshpool tonight! No nests found but saw 40/50+ feeding over the town centre area! And a cloud that looks like a swift! Can't believe they'll be gone in a week or so π #TheFeatherSpeech
#ReadFiftyTwo this week I have mostly been reading the heartfelt Fledgling by Hannah Bourne-Taylor of #TheFeatherSpeech , and the elegiac Fen, Bog &Swamp by the rather wonderful Annie Proulx.
In a few months our beautiful swifts will return. Help protect the heralds of summer by signing #TheFeatherSpeech petition β¬οΈπͺΆpetition.parliament.uk/petitions/6267β¦ #nature #conservation #birds
PLEASE PLEASE sign and share! So close to getting it over the line to be debated in PARLIAMENT. I think its the closest we have ever got or will ever get! Thanks to the valiant efforts of Hannah Bourne-Taylor
Love from the Swift chicks. #TheFeatherSpeech
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Stunning Sheffield telecoms box transformations by Katherine Rhodes and @cathdunnartist
Complete with Swifts & QR code, that will link to a map & information about the Walkley & Upperthorpe Art Trail.
π Sign #TheFeatherSpeech petition & give swifts a future
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hier ist vielleicht was los. Swifties in da house! π
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In video: Two swifts checking out my room and its surroundings looking poosibly for a nesting side.
#Mauerseglercontent #TheFeatherSpeech
They are BACK!!! π₯³π
Just in time for #EarthDay , the Emperors of the Sky have returned: Common Swift π
And oh boy, aren't I glad for focus tracking on the #Nikon Z8π
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#birdphotography #NaturePhotography #WorldEarthDay #WorldEarthDay 2024 #EarthDay 2024 #TheFeatherSpeech
Bird lovers of Cambridge.
We can do better than this!
Please do your bit to save the swifts.
Only 5 thousand signatures needed!
#TheFeatherSpeech
#Cambridge
#Cambridge shire
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We've finally been blessed with birds choosing to raise a family in one of our nest boxes ππ£
The swift box has been up for 4 years & hasn't attracted swifts yet. But pioneer Blue Tits have moved in first π₯³
Such a lovely discovery on Easter & #TheFeatherSpeech Success weekend
3 years ago today I left Ghana after 8 years. 2 πͺΆsouls there changed my life: a finch+a swift who conjured #TheFeatherSpeech
Please write to Housing Minister Lee Rowley asking him to mandate swift bricks to save swifts: DLUHC 4th Floor Fry Building 2 Marsham St London SW1P4DF
πͺΆOur home is their homeπͺΆ
Without #swift bricks there's no safe, permanent nesting habitat for swifts in the UK.
βοΈWrite to πHousing Minister Lee Rowley MP, DLUHC 4th Floor Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF asking him to #mandate swift bricks.
#TheFeatherSpeech
Swift bricks in Hatfield, Hertford, St Albans and Stevenage - starting to appear in various parts of Hertfordshire thanks to hard work from Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust and local Swift groups. Want to see more like this? Sign the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6267β¦ #hertsbirds #thefeatherspeech
Five days on from #thefeatherspeech debate on Swift bricks, Hannah Bourne-Taylor and I met up Global Birdfair to talk about what happened and why it mattered! Itβs a simple change to make and will help these Red-listed species and many more!
Volume upβ¦ no microphone π!
First sounds of swifts screeching today brings joy and relief that some are still making it to our shores. #TheFeatherSpeech national campaign to make swift bricks compulsory in all new housing πͺΆ
I'm going to miss #swifts when they leave. Will nest sites under tiles and eaves even be there next year? Swift bricks provide permanent homes - calling MPs from all parties to speak up for swifts in Parliament on 10 July #TheFeatherSpeech #housing #planning #biodiversity #nature
As you were interested Dr. John A Patterson swift-conservation.org/Nestboxes%26Atβ¦ Bolton & Bury Swifts - Louise Bentley does talks πSwift Awareness Week actionforswifts.com/introduction liverpoolrspb.blogspot.com/2019/02/for-loβ¦
Carol Cockbain RSPB Liverpool #TheFeatherSpeech
