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Sheffield Swift Network
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Taking action to reverse the decline of Sheffield's swifts

Email. sheffieldswiftnetwork@gmail.com
Web. https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/
YouTube https://youtube.com/@sheffswifts

We challenge Lord Krebs’ claim that Amendment 245 won’t work. Swifts nest in 4–5m 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
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Swifts need your voice
The House of Lords votes next week on the swift brick amendment to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill
📧 Email steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk
with the subject line
SWIFT BRICKS FOR SWIFT CHICKS
Let’s make sure they hear us before the final vote
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
61 Swift nest bricks now nestle in the homes around Sheffield’s 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.
October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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 👇
sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/swifts-part-bird-part-sky/

📸 Stunning b&w image: Robert Booth

#SwiftConservation #SheffieldSwiftNetwork
September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🧱 61 new Swift Bricks have landed in Sheffield!

This Sept we’ll install them in Woodhouse & Hackenthorpe, creating permanent nest sites.
Thanks to local residents like Daniel, for offering space for our Red Listed Swifts
🙏Sheffield City Council, DefraGovUK & HeritageFundUK
#SpeciesSurvivalFund
August 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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

🎶 Childhood' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.
scottbuckley.com.au
July 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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...

(📽️ Denmark) 🙏 Johnskovhus
July 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM