This year our swift population will reduce by an estimated TEN THOUSAND breeding birds &/ the population will lose its ability to replenish itself by up to 15,000 chicks. The govt is ignoring #swifts plight despite a simple, urgent & essential solution backed by all experts.

This year our swift population will reduce by an estimated TEN THOUSAND breeding birds &/ the population will lose its ability to replenish itself by up to 15,000 chicks. The govt is ignoring #swifts plight despite a simple, urgent & essential solution backed by all experts.

First bird of my day: Common tern flying down river, framed by horse chestnut trees in full flower and a honking fly-by curtesy of a pair of Canada geese. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

It's #WorldMigratoryBirdDay ! 🐦

Each year our amazing migratory birds travel thousands of miles - connecting continents & relying on insects to fuel their epic travels.

Follow the fascinating journey of the Swift in our map below 👇

7 screaming Swifts above Watertoun Road Edinburgh today. My first this year. But calahomes didn’t include swift bricks in the 49 new builds St Crispins Court on our street as no requirements. An easy fix Michael Gove EdinburghSwifts Angela Rayner 🌹 Hannah Bourne-Taylor Keir Starmer for Prime Minister

Hannah Bourne-Taylor Michael Gove Zac Goldsmith Rishi Sunak I watched my first Swifts today and couldn't help wonder if they have a place of refuge from their massive journey here. With all the building planned surely you could help them secure a future, Rishi?

Sadly blocked swift nest reports are already reaching us. If negotiations fail, report it.
It is ILLEGAL to block access to an active nest.
Hannah Bourne-Taylor Hampshire Swifts Swift Awareness Week SaveOurSuffolkSwifts

WOOHOO! Not my first SWIFT of the year but the first to return over my urban Dagenham back garden. So much building going on in the borough. We could help them so easily by incorporating SWIFT BRICKS in the plans. Come on Michael Gove Rishi Sunak Hannah Bourne-Taylor

First bird of my day: (opens window, looks up into big blue sky, waits three seconds. Hoping…) SWIFT! Grins to self. Feels Joy. Happy sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

JOY as being associated with swifts = EVERYONE tells me when they've seen swifts. Thanks
Stephen Moss for mentioning our swift brick campaign in The Guardian Tag me, Rishi Sunak Angela Rayner 🌹 Keir Starmer Matthew Pennycook MP Michael Gove when YOU spy swifts
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Who has seen their first swifts of the year?

SWIFTS! I can hear them screaming above, making the sky happy. HERE COMES THE SUMMER!

I sent a card to Michael Gove telling him the swifts are back.

First bird of my day: (opens window, looks up into big blue sky, waits three seconds. Hoping…) SWIFT! Grins to self. Feels Joy. Happy sky. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

Please 🙏 help #Swifts & keep our skies alive.

Woo Hoo Swifts flying high over our house. Screaming with joy, the Swifts too 🥰😍

And it’s goodnight from this jackdaw

All the world’s a stage.

All of England is blackbird song.

Their song connects us all through our gardens and lanes and green spaces by invisible corridors of music.

To the humming applause of bees.

The Govt is changing Building Regulations about toilets … but what about swifts? We all want you to save swifts from extinction by green lighting the expert-recommended, urgently, essential, Tory-backed (led by Zac Goldsmith ) swift brick requirement to Building Regs Lee Rowley

Huge opportunity missed at Swandon Way in #Wandsworth by Quod & others - red listed swifts now arriving in UK but over Swandon way? NONE. Skies are sterile & our wellbeing no better - cos of no #swiftbricks Hannah Bourne-Taylor Zac Goldsmith Michael Gove #RestoreNatureNow