Re: [SLN] Digest for swiftslocalnetwork@googlegroups.com - 10 updates in 5 topics

[Edward Mayer]

I will just add that the Action for Swifts nest brick is my first choice for all suitable applications ans I recommend it all the time! Best wishes, Edward

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• Action for Swifts: Recycled Water Pipe Swift Nestbox - 2 Updates
• Swifts and blocked soffits - 3 Updates
• Thank you Action for Swifts! - 3 Updates
• Reply from the nest box manufacturers... - 1 Update
• Swift box position advise - 1 Update

Action for Swifts: Recycled Water Pipe Swift Nestbox

Caroline McLelland <drcaroline...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:00PM Hi   Has anyone any experience of using recycled water pipe nest boxes on the Action for Swifts website? Thanks! Caroline (Gosforth Swift Group) http://actionforswifts.blogspot.com/p/recycled-water-pipe-swift-nestbox.html   Sent from my iPhone

Dick Newell <dick....@gmail.com>: Mar 28 03:12AM All I can say is that the 12 or so that I know about have had Swifts in them for years (about 7 pairs). And they have not deteriorated. e.g these 5 <https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9yel5etPtNA0FylhKqhpjOkucJnnQH8iDPno57LZvG1EmznzRhCCwpzSZXPFEjW5Y0xpIXsXZqxCFqfZB7diKGmd21awX4oe_4jxgNd1Ei0QBzSW5cUL0lGgZzfLLtfd3DnrBNS86nhZD/s1600/DSCN1107-cropped.jpg> had 2 pairs of Swifts plus House Sparrows when we last looked.   I still have some water pipe left over. Dick   On Thu, 27 Mar 2025, 23:00 Caroline McLelland, <

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Swifts and blocked soffits

sheffieldswiftnetwork <sheffields...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 01:00AM -0700 Hi Elfyn I think you possibly saw it in the presentation I sent a while ago, so you should be able to copy the slide and paste it into your PPT presentation.   The footage is also available on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/F1KRpsD4hMo?si=BPucvzeAGc1og3e0. We filmed it May 4th 2023. 2 nests on the same house. There's detail of events in the YouTube description, get back to me if you need a fuller account happy to give more info. Chet Cunago Sheffield Swift Network.

Elfyn Pugh <elfyn....@gmail.com>: Mar 27 07:44PM Hi Chet,   I have got the download you sent me. A huge thanks to you for sending it and allowing me to use it on my powerpoint presentation. I did a talk on swifts today for a local group.   With my best wishes   Elfyn   On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM sheffieldswiftnetwork <

Sheffield Swifts <sheffields...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 07:47PM Oh that's great Elfyn. Thanks for letting me know.   Chet       Sheffield Swift Network *Taking action to reverse the decline of Sheffield's Swifts * *Web <https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sheffieldswiftnetwork/> X <https://twitter.com/SheffSwiftNet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor> YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/@sheffswifts>* Sheffield Swift Network registered Charity Number 1212588. Registered Office: 11 Totley Grange Drive, Sheffield, S17 4AH

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Thank you Action for Swifts!

Helen Lucy <hmll...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:38AM Dear All So far this season, Action for Swifts have funded the printing and delivery of just over 6,000 of my leaflets and 1,100 booklets! Lots of you have told me how grateful you are to AfS for this huge help in spreading the message about swifts, so I’m passing that on now. Action for Swifts is a not-for-profit organisation that was born of a concern for swifts and how best we can help them. Let’s make sure we tell people about their products at every suitable opportunity as we go about persuading people to have bricks or boxes! Best wishes Helen Lucy

Tony Croft <the.cro...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 11:57AM will do....   Best Regards Tony   Sent from my HP Laptop

Storrington Swifts <storring...@gmail.com>: Mar 27 12:56PM Brilliant stuff! 👏

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Reply from the nest box manufacturers...

Edward Mayer <edward...@zen.co.uk>: Mar 27 10:28AM Dear Friends & Colleagues, Here is the reply I received from Alison regarding our doubts about their Swift nest boxes. Very helpful so far! Best wishes, Edward   Good afternoon Edward   Many thanks for your reply and also all the additional information that you've included.   We're going to raise your points on the both the Dan Rouse box and the Arx range too.   From my "novice" feedback, I can confirm that the Arx door latch is very firm and would not be moved by wind/rain or even the timber moving but I can also see your point about not wanting to shin up a ladder and then wrestle with a firm fixing either!   Could you please leave this with me for a couple more days until I've managed to get some feedback on your points with our team here and if we need to redesign the Arx Swift box without the door, this is something that we can happily do - as all these products are made in our Cotswold workshop and (from a commercial point of view) would actually speed up our manufacture and potentially reduce the costs too!   Thanks again for bringing this to my attention and I will get back to you as soon as I have some updates.   Kind Regards Alison

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Swift box position advise

B CAHALANE <brianc...@btinternet.com>: Mar 27 07:36AM Andy ,i would go for North facing ,cooler and the swifts won't mind, also i would make sure it has a real good sloping roof keeps predators away.   ------ Original Message ------ From: andy.b...@gmail.com To: swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 27th 2025, 06:57 Subject: [SLN] Swift box position advise   Good morning   Our award winning new bakers “Mable’s” in Downham Market have agreed to have a double, side entrance, swift box installed on one of their chimney stacks. It has open aspect and faces the town square and is opposite our new town hall swift tower installation    I prefer the left hand south facing stack but does anyone advise the opposite right hand, north facing, stack?   Thanks   Andy  “WINGS” “SOSSSH”   --  You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &quot;swiftslocalnetwork&quot; group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to unsub...@googlegroups.com&quot;>swiftslocalnetw...@googlegroups.com <mailto:swiftslocalnetwork+<span class=> . To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swiftslocalnetwork/CANZC6jAo%3DaWsJiLSS-g-K-KvUibMgKFowh7S6PDEYqhxNtRe8g%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swiftslocalnetwork/CANZC6jAo%3DaWsJiLSS-g-K-KvUibMgKFowh7S6PDEYqhxNtRe8g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> .

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