kevin tunnicliffe
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@16kevint
bird watcher • lover of all things nature 🐝 patch Wrabness and Harwich and in to weather station
Retweet ❗️ This is a Swift. sometimes they can end up on the ground. This is where they need YOUR help! Swifts arrive back to the UK from April/May to nest. 🪺 (A THREAD)
This is the full Transport for London advert which includes the portion which was turned into a short facebook advert that has now been banned. The full advert in context is actually very good. It's a shame that the facebook advert has distracted from the intention.
#birds Swifts fly thousands of miles to breed in the UK—only to find their nest sites blocked up. Their ancient forests with nest hollows now gone, they relied on cavities in buildings, but these, too, have disappeared. To stop their steep 2/3rds decline since 1995, an inexpensive swift brick nest box was proposed to be incorporated by law into new buildings—also helping other red-listed cavity nesting bird species. But in a vote last night, UK Labour destroyed a golden opportunity to do this small thing for one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe.
