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Following our talk with Sheffield’s Bird Study Group, which highlighted the urgent need for artificial nests to support swift populations, inspiration quickly translated into action, as member Wesley Booth, took the initiative to make a real difference for swifts in Manor Park.

Wesley kindly invited us to the Temple Park Centre – where he works as Outdoor Lead for MASKK – to assess the site for suitable nest locations. The building’s specially engineered bricks were too narrow to retrofit standard integrated nest bricks, and although bespoke bricks could have been manufactured to match perfectly, Wesley opted for two Impeckable four-chamber nest boxes, chosen to blend seamlessly with the building’s exterior, along with a Peak Boxes swift caller designed to attract young swifts to their new home.

Thanks to the generosity of an incredible donor, these two new nest boxes and the caller have now been installed at Temple Park Centre, giving Manor Park’s swifts a genuine fighting chance for the future.

A huge thank you goes out to Wesley, MCCP, MASKK, and the wonderful donor, for their dedication to swift conservation, and also to Jan from Nestworks for courageously braving storm Goretti to get the boxes up.
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