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[Julie Cowley]

Can we not approach the National Wildlife Crime Unit and document the incident to them?

I have signed the petition but that does not feel enough. 

Julie

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Wildlife Crime at Regent House, Station Approach, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1TH

Alistair <alis...@alofanglia.plus.com>: May 31 07:37AM +0100 Its probably like all the environmental crime got on at the moment with fly tipping, water crime, etc, they know that the government agencies aren’t taking action or if they do it takes ages for anything to happen that they can get away with it….   Another thought would be to contact Wild Justice. With all the information. https://wildjustice.org.uk/about-us/   Keep fighting for the swifts!   Alistair

Heidi Collishaw <heidico...@googlemail.com>: May 31 07:57AM +0100 Does anyone in our swift network have any involvement with Wild Justice? They already have networks and legal knowledge that might be really helpful for crimes like the Banstead swifts one.   Might it be worth making contact with them?   https://wildjustice.org.uk/about-us/   Regards Heidi   On Fri, 29 May 2026, 19:16 Banstead Swifts, <banstea...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Julie Cowley <julieco...@gmail.com>: May 30 03:57PM +0100 Is there anything the SLN can do as a collective for the Dorking swift catastrophe? If you can share contact details of the CEO and Surrey Police I will willingly write to them. Very sad news indeed. Julie

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[Neil Whitaker]

Hello all.

I am trying to make further contact with our HA with regard to our colony in Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire. To this point they appear to have been understanding, relaying their intentions to delay works to "improve" our rooflines until the breeding season is over. This is obviously welcome news. I do, however, fear potential works after our Swifts departure. Our Parish Council has generously allocated funding for nest boxes and also a visit from Edward Mayer to our village on July 7th. Now I fear my requests to representatives of our HA to attend Edwards presentation are falling on deaf ears.

I'd really like them to continue with the pro-active intentions they displayed a few months ago but I fear the Wildlife Act protecting our Swifts becomes irrelevant once breeding season is over? Am I right in this belief?

Any help appreciated!

Regards

Neil Whitaker 

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[Mike Priaulx]

Hello Neil,

You are correct that apart from a few exceptions such as some birds of prey, bird nest sites are not protected by the Wildlife & Countryside Act when they are inactive out of season, unfortunately.

As Edward will tell you in his talk it's better, and cheaper, for the HA to retain the nest sites after roofing works.

Alternatively you can create integrated boxes above the soffit board, and included a nest form in the eaves - these are often called soffit boxes.

Installing external boxes can work but is the fallback option.

There are leaflets for the above from Swift Conservation and Action for Swifts - I can send you the links later.

All the best,

Mike

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Digest for swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 2 topics

Neil Whitaker <britw...@yahoo.com>: Jun 01 10:14AM Hello all.I am trying to make further contact with our HA with regard to our colony in Hemingford Grey in Cambridgeshire. To this point they appear to have been understanding, relaying their intentions to delay works to "improve" our rooflines until the breeding season is over. This is obviously welcome news. I do, however, fear potential works after our Swifts departure. Our Parish Council has generously allocated funding for nest boxes and also a visit from Edward Mayer to our village on July 7th. Now I fear my requests to representatives of our HA to attend Edwards presentation are falling on deaf ears.I'd really like them to continue with the pro-active intentions they displayed a few months ago but I fear the Wildlife Act protecting our Swifts becomes irrelevant once breeding season is over? Am I right in this belief?Any help appreciated! RegardsNeil Whitaker

[Louise at Bolton and Bury Swifts]

Hi Neil,

If you think the local Housing Association are no longer listening to you, perhaps striking up a relationship with a local councillor or even the Cabinet Member for the Environment at your local council may prove helpful. Good luck. Hopefully you can get them back on board. 

 

Best Wishes,

Louise

 

      

 

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