The structure of new buildings is causing a major threat to
the future of the one of nature’s greatest fliers
Carmella de Lucia
06:00, 12 MAY 2017
Conservationists from Chester
Zoo
are calling on the public to help save a bird they say is in rapid decline.
The swift – which can fly non-stop for four years, is one of
the UK’s most iconic species, migrating from Africa up through Europe every
spring to nest in the UK over summer.
Since Roman times they have nested in eaves and holes in
buildings but thanks to improvements to UK buildings in recent decades, they
are arriving afetr their long journey to find a lack of nesting sites.
Now the first major swift survey in the Chester area for
20 years is underway and experts are offering tips on how you can lend a
helping hand to the British favourite by protecting nest sites and putting up
nest boxes.
Conservationists from Chester Zoo’s Wildlife Connections
campaign and the Chester RSPB Group have teamed up with Cheshire West and Chester Council, RECORD,
Cheshire Wildlife Trust, the Cheshire biological records centre and local
experts in a bid to help the bird by turning Chester into a swift friendly
city.
Manon Keir, Wildlife Connections project officer at Chester
Zoo, said: “The great British summer would not be the same without the sight
and sounds of swifts gracing our skies, but we mustn’t take this for granted.
Conservation is critical but it is certainly not too late.
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