More Swift Crime, now Clarion Housing in Sussex

[Banstead Swifts]

Hi All

1. Don't wonder why swift numbers are free falling.

This time it is Clarion Housing in Burgess Hill Sussex.

They are closing eaves and the swifts nests are in them.

See the screenshot.

I do not know if this group are members here? I have commented on their page with information.

2. Our Surey Police review officer emailed an apology last night: nobody from the Wildlife and Rural Crime desk has even looked at the report on nest 1 re: Raven Housing Trust. She has now flagged it as urgent and emailed them. She is great, the rest has been an appallling process. 

Reported as a wildlife crime in action on 14/05 

This has to stop.

Best

Annie & Barry

[Graham Knight]

Hello Annie and all

I have emailed a contact that I have at Clarion, suggesting various urgent actions including contacting the local Swift group

Best wishes

Graham

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[becky]

Hi folks

Seeing a lot of this at the moment. At AFS we have a contact who heads up the voluntary Housing Association(HA) Biodiversity Network. She has been in touch directly with the Sustainability lead at Clarion, who was unaware of this and has taken action internally. Fingers crossed!

We have discussed the requirement for some more awareness raising around this issue with HA's and she has asked for a brief guidance note / document that can be circulated around the members (c 60 HA's in UK). We can of course produce something fresh for this, but I wondered if there was anything out there that had already been produced for this audience? 

Thanks

Becky

[Peta Sams]

I think this is something that the SLN planning group could put together in the same way as the Vet leaflet. I guess we haven’t done so as trying to find a way into the HAs isn’t easy but if Becky has a name then that’s good. 

I expect some swift groups may already have such a leaflet that we could use as a starting point and if so perhaps you could email it to me. 

Peta