Cllr Sue Tyldesley, Cabinet Member for planning, is delighted at Lancaster City Council's adoption of her proposal, seconded by Labour Cllr Louis Belcher, for awareness and measures to mitigate the decline in the swift population.
#Swifts #Birds #RSPB #SwiftCity #nestbox #swiftbricks
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#Swifts #Birds #RSPB #SwiftCity #nestbox #swiftbricks
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August 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Cllr Sue Tyldesley, Cabinet Member for planning, is delighted at Lancaster City Council's adoption of her proposal, seconded by Labour Cllr Louis Belcher, for awareness and measures to mitigate the decline in the swift population.
#Swifts #Birds #RSPB #SwiftCity #nestbox #swiftbricks
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#Swifts #Birds #RSPB #SwiftCity #nestbox #swiftbricks
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Scotland is building a better future for swifts! 🏗️ As the first UK nation to mandate swift bricks in all new buildings, this landmark policy aims to reverse the 70% decline in these amazing birds since the 1990s. 🐦 #Scotland #SwiftBricks #WildlifeConservation #GoodNews
Scotland has become the first UK nation to mandate swift bricks in all new buildings - a landmark step to help reverse a 70% decline in swift numbers since the 1990s.
everwildoutdoors.com
July 25, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Scotland is building a better future for swifts! 🏗️ As the first UK nation to mandate swift bricks in all new buildings, this landmark policy aims to reverse the 70% decline in these amazing birds since the 1990s. 🐦 #Scotland #SwiftBricks #WildlifeConservation #GoodNews
Toulon 🇫🇷
Sky full of swifts above houses with nest holes
#swiftbricks for all new houses in 🇬🇧
@rspb.bsky.social
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call—We are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
Sky full of swifts above houses with nest holes
#swiftbricks for all new houses in 🇬🇧
@rspb.bsky.social
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call—We are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
July 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Toulon 🇫🇷
Sky full of swifts above houses with nest holes
#swiftbricks for all new houses in 🇬🇧
@rspb.bsky.social
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call—We are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
Sky full of swifts above houses with nest holes
#swiftbricks for all new houses in 🇬🇧
@rspb.bsky.social
@bto-gbw.bsky.social
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call—We are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
It is incredibly important to protect these nesting sites and to place more and more Swift bricks in suitable protected areas.
#swifts #swiftbricks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#swifts #swiftbricks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds
Conservationists emphasise importance of protecting nesting sites used by ‘strongly faithful’ red-listed species
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
It is incredibly important to protect these nesting sites and to place more and more Swift bricks in suitable protected areas.
#swifts #swiftbricks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#swifts #swiftbricks
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Das Problem ist, das Grün / Rotgrün sich nicht die Mühe gemacht hat, eine systematische Strategie für einen Grünen Bauturbo zu entwickeln: Massiver Ausbau von Wohnraum bei systematischer Gebäude- & Straßenbegrünung & Entsiegelung, und Klimaanlagen everywhere. And #swiftbricks uä!
In diesem Tagen spürt man vor allem in Städten, wie wichtig Naturräume zum Hitzeschutz ist. Neue Gesetze von schwarz-rot, die Infrastruktur- und Wohnungsbau priorisieren, könnten aber dazu führen, dass Städte künftig WENIGER Grün haben...
June 21, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Das Problem ist, das Grün / Rotgrün sich nicht die Mühe gemacht hat, eine systematische Strategie für einen Grünen Bauturbo zu entwickeln: Massiver Ausbau von Wohnraum bei systematischer Gebäude- & Straßenbegrünung & Entsiegelung, und Klimaanlagen everywhere. And #swiftbricks uä!
May 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Happy paperback publication day to #NatureNeedsYou by @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
This is the compelling story of how Hannah set out to save #swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission? To make #SwiftBricks mandatory so the birds who nest in our walls will have a future home in Britain.
This is the compelling story of how Hannah set out to save #swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission? To make #SwiftBricks mandatory so the birds who nest in our walls will have a future home in Britain.
May 7, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Happy paperback publication day to #NatureNeedsYou by @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social!
This is the compelling story of how Hannah set out to save #swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission? To make #SwiftBricks mandatory so the birds who nest in our walls will have a future home in Britain.
This is the compelling story of how Hannah set out to save #swifts from extinction in the UK. Her mission? To make #SwiftBricks mandatory so the birds who nest in our walls will have a future home in Britain.
1/2 Presenting at #BOU2026 our paper on the debate on mandating #swiftbricks in the UK as a case of #Multispecies #Justice & #Sustainability #conservationscience #BirdEcon project
Paper published in npj Urban Sustainability: doi.org/10.1038/s429...
Context: martinew.canalblog.com/archives/202...
Paper published in npj Urban Sustainability: doi.org/10.1038/s429...
Context: martinew.canalblog.com/archives/202...
April 1, 2026 at 4:17 PM
1/2 Presenting at #BOU2026 our paper on the debate on mandating #swiftbricks in the UK as a case of #Multispecies #Justice & #Sustainability #conservationscience #BirdEcon project
Paper published in npj Urban Sustainability: doi.org/10.1038/s429...
Context: martinew.canalblog.com/archives/202...
Paper published in npj Urban Sustainability: doi.org/10.1038/s429...
Context: martinew.canalblog.com/archives/202...
Please sign and share🙏
Campaign calling to #SaveOurSwifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with #SwiftBricks" - safe places for these birds to nest. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Campaign calling to #SaveOurSwifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with #SwiftBricks" - safe places for these birds to nest. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Save our swifts: include swift bricks in every new house
I just signed the campaign calling to save our swifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with "swift bricks" - safe places f...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Please sign and share🙏
Campaign calling to #SaveOurSwifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with #SwiftBricks" - safe places for these birds to nest. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Campaign calling to #SaveOurSwifts, by calling for the UK Government to follow Scotland's lead and make it the law for all new houses to be built with #SwiftBricks" - safe places for these birds to nest. Will you join me? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
¿Por qué Escocia obligará a poner nidos en edificios nuevos? #Escocia #SwiftBricks #Vencejos #Biodiversidad #ArquitecturaSostenible #Construccion #NaturalezaUrbana #Rehabilitacion #ReinoUnido #Gibraltar #8defebrero #felizdomingo #MedioAmbiente #Urbanismo #AvesUrbanas donporque.com/escocia-obli...
¿Por qué Escocia obligará a poner nidos en edificios nuevos?
Escocia obligará a integrar swift bricks en edificios nuevos: nidos para vencejos, coste real, plazos y pulso urbano, que se abre en Europa. Escocia ha decidido que la biodiversidad no sea un “detalle...
donporque.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
¿Por qué Escocia obligará a poner nidos en edificios nuevos? #Escocia #SwiftBricks #Vencejos #Biodiversidad #ArquitecturaSostenible #Construccion #NaturalezaUrbana #Rehabilitacion #ReinoUnido #Gibraltar #8defebrero #felizdomingo #MedioAmbiente #Urbanismo #AvesUrbanas donporque.com/escocia-obli...
Common Swift finished recently. A new law has just been passed in Scotland requiring Swift bricks to be installed in every new home.
#WildlifeArt #NaturalhistoryIllustration #BritishBirds #Swift #SwiftBricks
#WildlifeArt #NaturalhistoryIllustration #BritishBirds #Swift #SwiftBricks
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Common Swift finished recently. A new law has just been passed in Scotland requiring Swift bricks to be installed in every new home.
#WildlifeArt #NaturalhistoryIllustration #BritishBirds #Swift #SwiftBricks
#WildlifeArt #NaturalhistoryIllustration #BritishBirds #Swift #SwiftBricks
🐦⬛ Scotland passes a law for all new buildings to install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! #swiftbricks
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🐦⬛ Scotland passes a law for all new buildings to install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! #swiftbricks
And last Dec, Swiftbricks became mandatory for newbuilds! Yay!
February 2, 2026 at 8:40 PM
And last Dec, Swiftbricks became mandatory for newbuilds! Yay!
MON THE SCOTS 🏴 This is amazing. I fucking love swifts. We had them in the eaves every year for two decades, then a new roof covered the gap. They found another roof to nest in, but a swift brick would have saved us all a lot of trauma that summer 😭 #SwiftBricks
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
MON THE SCOTS 🏴 This is amazing. I fucking love swifts. We had them in the eaves every year for two decades, then a new roof covered the gap. They found another roof to nest in, but a swift brick would have saved us all a lot of trauma that summer 😭 #SwiftBricks
Come on UK. Swiftbricks, solar panels, car charging points on all new houses.
New estate opposite us. Not one single solar panel. MP said it would be too expensive. Developers were told to install car charging points. They installed 16A blue sockets - not quite tye same.
New estate opposite us. Not one single solar panel. MP said it would be too expensive. Developers were told to install car charging points. They installed 16A blue sockets - not quite tye same.
Swift bricks will be installed in all new buildings in Scotland after the Scottish parliament voted in favour of a law to help endangered cavity-nesting birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Come on UK. Swiftbricks, solar panels, car charging points on all new houses.
New estate opposite us. Not one single solar panel. MP said it would be too expensive. Developers were told to install car charging points. They installed 16A blue sockets - not quite tye same.
New estate opposite us. Not one single solar panel. MP said it would be too expensive. Developers were told to install car charging points. They installed 16A blue sockets - not quite tye same.
Great news from Scotland: a LAW to ensure new buildings have swift bricks. (Contrary to Labour spin, there is no law and no guarantees that builders or planners will incorporate bricks in England.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law
Rest of UK has resisted calls to make builders install bricks that provide nesting for swifts and other endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Gierzwaluwen (swifts) (en andere vogels) krijgen standaard neststenen in nieuwbouw in Schotland. Het is net bij wet geregeld.
#gierzwaluw #neststenen #swift #swiftbricks
"... to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zie ook bsky.app/profile/hann...
#gierzwaluw #neststenen #swift #swiftbricks
"... to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zie ook bsky.app/profile/hann...
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Gierzwaluwen (swifts) (en andere vogels) krijgen standaard neststenen in nieuwbouw in Schotland. Het is net bij wet geregeld.
#gierzwaluw #neststenen #swift #swiftbricks
"... to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zie ook bsky.app/profile/hann...
#gierzwaluw #neststenen #swift #swiftbricks
"... to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland..."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zie ook bsky.app/profile/hann...
Yay!!!!!!!! Swift bricks will be fitted in all new developments by law!!!!!
England, you should catch up!!
#swiftbricks #saveswifts
England, you should catch up!!
#swiftbricks #saveswifts
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Yay!!!!!!!! Swift bricks will be fitted in all new developments by law!!!!!
England, you should catch up!!
#swiftbricks #saveswifts
England, you should catch up!!
#swiftbricks #saveswifts
In England Swifts are having to take sterner measures... #swiftbricks
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
In England Swifts are having to take sterner measures... #swiftbricks
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 AM
By the way, if you look up at Arthur’s Seat when you walk out of the Scottish Parliament then you will often see the resident Peregrine Falcons … circling, watching and waiting.
Great news on the #SwiftBricks
Great news on the #SwiftBricks
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 AM
By the way, if you look up at Arthur’s Seat when you walk out of the Scottish Parliament then you will often see the resident Peregrine Falcons … circling, watching and waiting.
Great news on the #SwiftBricks
Great news on the #SwiftBricks
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing PlanningPolicyConsultation@communities.gov.uk now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Campaigners vow to keep fighting for mandatory swift bricks in new Welsh buildings after the government rejected the low-cost proposal. They are now targeting party manifestos ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.
#SwiftBricks #Wales #SeneddElection #Conservation #WelshPolitics
#SwiftBricks #Wales #SeneddElection #Conservation #WelshPolitics
January 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Campaigners vow to keep fighting for mandatory swift bricks in new Welsh buildings after the government rejected the low-cost proposal. They are now targeting party manifestos ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.
#SwiftBricks #Wales #SeneddElection #Conservation #WelshPolitics
#SwiftBricks #Wales #SeneddElection #Conservation #WelshPolitics
@stellacreasy.bsky.social 🙏
(these own goals do so much damage)
#Swiftbricks
This govt needs - every - caring action flag policy it can implement
cc @quietriotpod.bsky.social constituency pls consider writing to your MP
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(these own goals do so much damage)
#Swiftbricks
This govt needs - every - caring action flag policy it can implement
cc @quietriotpod.bsky.social constituency pls consider writing to your MP
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
@stellacreasy.bsky.social 🙏
(these own goals do so much damage)
#Swiftbricks
This govt needs - every - caring action flag policy it can implement
cc @quietriotpod.bsky.social constituency pls consider writing to your MP
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(these own goals do so much damage)
#Swiftbricks
This govt needs - every - caring action flag policy it can implement
cc @quietriotpod.bsky.social constituency pls consider writing to your MP
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...