Swift Silhouettes? Defeating their intended purpose?

[Edward Mayer]

Logically Swift silhouettes on a glass window will not work as a deterrent to bird/glazing collisions as they show a Swift, a non-threatening type of bird, to other birds, who cannot perceive the glass but can see the silhouette. This means that neither small birds nor predators will be scared off, they will just see a harmless, maybe tasty bird, but not the glass. So, even if they might cause a collision, they are quite pretty and they spread the word. Is that really good enough? Hmmmm!

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Andy Bullen <andy.b...@gmail.com>: Aug 07 12:38PM +0100 Hello   This has just been posted on SOSSSH, it appears to be a scam does anyone know about it, which I can share?:   Thanks   Andy Bullen Founder SOSSSH

Ian Donovan <ian.do...@gmail.com>: Aug 07 01:27PM +0100 It's the 38 Degrees swift window sticker campaign.

Tiscali <kevi...@tiscali.co.uk>: Aug 07 02:24PM +0100 We got these as well, not a scam. As said it is a 38 degrees initiative   Sent from my iPad   On 7 Aug 2025, at 13:27, Ian Donovan <ian.do...@gmail.com> wrote:      It's the 38 Degrees swift window sticker campaign.   On Thu, 7 Aug 2025, 12:38 Andy Bullen, <andy.b...@gmail.com> wrote:   Hello   This has just been posted on SOSSSH, it appears to be a scam does anyone know about it, which I can share?:   <IMG_2005.jpeg>   Thanks   Andy Bullen   Founder SOSSSH   --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "swiftslocalnetwork" group.   To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to swiftslocalnetw...@googlegroups.com.   To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swiftslocalnetwork/CANZC6jBF9cFL6MOaT3Lp2du1oRkZbvJNoERJ4z26HVdYbi17WQ%40mail.gmail.com.   --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "swiftslocalnetwork" group.   To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to swiftslocalnetw...@googlegroups.com.   To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swiftslocalnetwork/CAJpQ7COEvO-c0G-d3o_TeCVm5t-A9ZXWVb4hTGWXLeq89MFm0g%40mail.gmail.com.

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[Helen Lucy]

I think it’s an established anti-collision strategy - it shows that there’s glass there, rather than trying to fool birds into thinking it’s the real thing. Even the RSPB offer bird stickers for this purpose. 

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