Re: [SLN] Digest for swiftslocalnetwork@googlegroups.com - Swifts Show on BBC London
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Edward Mayer
Sep 28, 2025, 3:14:47 AM (10 days ago) Sep 28
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Hi Lorna, BBC London got in touch with us at Swift Conservation www.swift-conservation.org and asked to be briefed on some photogenic projects we had done in inner London - a bit too late to see the actual Swifts as they were just leaving then. So we showed them our most recent projects, at Westminster Abbey Choir School, in the 900 year old garden just beside the Abbey, and at a big apartment complex in West Hampstead, where we have put up about 50 nest places and have perhaps the biggest population of Swifts living in the area. They were delighted and came round and filmed the Choir School nest boxes and staff, and also filmed the residents who have Swifts in nest boxes and their eaves, and me too. They are coming back to film the actual Swifts when they are hyper-active next Summer, so Swifts get two bites of the Cherry. I am being sent a video of the broadcast, I will attempt to pass it on to SLN participants! Very best wishes, Edward
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Lorna Mikhelson <lorna...@gmail.com>: Sep 25 08:48AM +0100
Did anyone see the news yesterday eve ?
I got a message about it, but the news had almost finished. I tried BBC
player, but nothing on 6 pm news. What was the news item ?
Lorna 🌷
Graham Knight <gpk...@gmail.com>: Sep 25 08:52AM +0100
Hi
Try here at about 18 minutes in:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002jw8w/bbc-london-evening-news-24092025
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Graham
steveklikr <steve...@gmail.com>: Sep 25 09:42AM +0100
What a great report!Steve HolroydSent from my phone
-------- Original message --------From: Graham Knight <gpk...@gmail.com> Date: 25/09/2025 08:52 (GMT+00:00) To: swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com Cc: Graham Knight <gpk...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [SLN] Digest for swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics HiTry here at about 18 minutes in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002jw8w/bbc-london-evening-news-24092025Regards Graham On Thu, 25 Sept 2025, 08:48 Lorna Mikhelson, <lorna...@gmail.com> wrote:Did anyone see the news yesterday eve ? I got a message about it, but the news had almost finished. I tried BBC player, but nothing on 6 pm news. What was the news item ? Lorna 🌷 On Thu, 25 Sept 2025, 07:58 , <swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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Results from this year's droppings and bolus samples -
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Results from this year's droppings and bolus samples
Andy Bullen <andy.b...@gmail.com>: Sep 25 07:34AM +0100
Results from this year's droppings and bolus samples. The bolus are
fantastic because the insects are whole.
Mark Smyth post on SOSSSH:
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Edward Mayer <edward...@zen.co.uk>: Sep 24 10:57AM +0100
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canterburyswifts <canterbu...@gmail.com>: Sep 25 01:40AM -0700
Thanks for sharing, fascinating! A great slide to add to a presentation
along with my photo of a discarded swift bolus (supplied by one of our
swift street champions).[image: 7a8f85d8-dbc4-4c22-b801-90f94c457ba8.JPG]
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T Davies
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Looking forward to the video! Here is a BBC news article about it all meanwhile:
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