Swift City building a future

Durham Wildlife Trust has been working with others to install more swift boxes and bricks across Durham and beyond, building homes for returning swifts to occupy.

Calling all builders

If you are or were a builder, could you help us install swift bricks or erect swift nest boxes on commercial and private properties across the Trust’s operational area? 

We are looking for builders willing to help on a commercial or volunteer basis to help put up boxes and swift bricks in their local area so that we can create more nesting opportunities for swifts. 

For builders willing to consider this work on a commercial basis, we would group these small jobs together in one area so that they would be commercially viable.

The refurbishment of properties with plastic soffits and fascias has dramatically reduced the traditional nest sites of swifts and is responsible in part to swift numbers declining by almost 70% in the past 30 years. 

If you think you could help, please email us with your details and someone will get back to you. 

Recycle your old USB plugs

If you have a redundant USB plug, then please donate it next time you are visiting Rainton Meadows or Low Barns. 

We will make good use of these with the swift call players we are installing to advertise the new swift homes (swift boxes) we are putting up across the Trust operational area.

By donating your unwanted plug, you will be doing your bit to reverse the decline of swifts in our region!

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