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Updated RSPB Swift Leaflet
Continuing their high profile involvement in Swift conservation the RSPB have published an updated version of their "How to Help Swifts"...
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Jan 17, 20201 min read
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When is an S brick an Eaves S brick?
If 2019 was year of the "S" brick, developed by Dick Newell of Action for Swifts (see below), then what advances in nest site technology...
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Jan 10, 20201 min read
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Do you have time to help Swifts in 2020?
...then visit the Hampshire Swifts stand at the NFNP Volunteer Fair on January 26th and ask how you can help us help Swifts
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Jan 3, 20201 min read
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Swift Awareness Week 2020
The first Swift Awareness Week (SAW) was in 2018 with Swift groups across the UK organising a remarkable 90+ local events. This year...
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Dec 20, 20191 min read
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Is the article below the most important contribution yet to Swift conservation?
A healthy, sustainable Swift population is reliant on any number of factors, some better understood than others. These can be distilled...
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Dec 13, 20192 min read
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Looking for that unique gift or stocking filler?
Hampshire Swifts has a limited stock of the following branded items for sale. These Swift mugs were designed specially for us and are...
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Dec 6, 20192 min read
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The Hospital of St Cross: encouraging Swifts back to their ancient home
The Hospital of St Cross in Winchester is thought to be one of England’s oldest charitable institutions and has been described by Simon...
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Nov 29, 20193 min read
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6th International Swift Conference 2020
If you want to learn more about Swifts and mix with some of the Europe's foremost Swift experts in the warm, beautiful and Swift-filled...
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Nov 25, 20191 min read
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Hampshire Swifts: call for photos and videos
This slow motion video was taken in the summer of 2019 at Ron Cooke's Regent's Park Swift colony in Southampton. The Hampshire Swifts...
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Nov 21, 20191 min read
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The Hampshire Swifts video
..video featuring 3 of Hampshire's swift champions
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Nov 15, 20191 min read
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Our first blog: how to start?!
Welcome to the Hampshire Swifts blog. This replaces the less than regular Hampshire Swifts newsletter and will provide a regular overview...
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Nov 7, 20192 min read
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Winchester’s Swifts
Winchester, the ancient capital of England and the county town of Hampshire, has been an important site for human settlement since the...
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Feb 1510 min read
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Swift Towers in Hampshire
At the start of 2024 there were three Swift towers in Hampshire. The most successful of these has been the one at Kingsworthy that was...
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Jan 93 min read
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