Last night on't TV, Swifts were indeed in the news. Or rather, the lack of them. They blamed [a] the steady removal of nest sites .. holes being filled in etc. [b] the steady decline of the insect population. And at my local level, we have only 2 Swift nests in our street.... as opposed to 4/5 a few years ago. Whether the previously-used sites have been blocked I can't tell. One householder has put up two (2) posh expensive Swift boxes ... but he's put them far too low down. What happens then, is, the Swifts leaving the box hit the ground and can't get back into the air. This happened occasionally to the Swifts in next door's roof years ago ... I had to go and pick them up, take them upstairs and release them. Also, none have used his posh boxes, partly because he should attract the Swifts to them with a recording of Swift sounds... but he hasn't. Mind you, with me not being able to hear the beggars any more, he might be belting the calls out at 80 decibels ... but I don't think so. But .... never mind that now ... I was hoping hopefully that " Swift Towers" might be mentioned ... but they weren't. On the continent, many towns and cities have Swift Towers ... tall structures with dozens of Swift boxes attached to the top of them .... they're very popular. I've written about them, plus lots of pictures of all different sorts pictures and everything, on here ... 377-the-demise-of-the-swift-and-how-to-stop-it.html I've also written ( a real, hand-written letter)(!) to my MP about it .. .let's get one put up somewhere .... anywhere ! And here's the link to the "Save Our Swifts" website https://actionforswifts.blogspot.com/2011/04/swift-tower-is-created.html ... and now, a some extra pictures of Swift towers .. Right then ... music time .... Taylor Swift is an obvious option ... but I prefer this ..
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