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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 3h

We had a great turnout for our AGM this evening! After a review of the year, Kate Bradbury talked about gardening for wildlife with lots of suggestions for enhancing our Swift-friendly Town. Thank you to #Lewes Mayor Adrian Ross for coming and sharing his support for #Swifts.

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Audrey Jarvis @audreyjarvis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🦇 Bat Day at #Lewes Climate Hub! 🦇 October 31st, 11-3 🦇 Free talk and activities for all ages! Picture of a Pipistrelle by L. Campbell

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you again to everyone who gave a donation to East Sussex WRAS during our Nature Recovery season at #Lewes Climate Hub in May. We raised £350! They have now reached the funding needed to replace their vital X-ray equipment - more help for rescued #Swifts and other wildlife!

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Lewes Urban Arboretum @lewesarboretum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Following the good news that the Rights of our Trees motion was approved by Lewes Town Council last night, here is a celebratory decorated version of the Tree Charter for Lewes. It was designed by the talented Lynda Durrant, fullcircle-design.co.uk

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Lewes Urban Arboretum @lewesarboretum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Still celebrating the Rights of our #Trees Charter for #Lewes!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Did you know that #Lewes #Swift Supporters also install artificial House #Martin cups? We are able to fund nest cups and their installation if you live near to existing House Martin nests, or in a house where they used to nest. Contact: lewesswifts@gmail.com

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Lewes Urban Arboretum @lewesarboretum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Betula maximowicziana - one of many unusual #trees to see on our guided walks around Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. Book a place via Eventbrite: Lewes Heritage Open Days 2026 – Friends of Lewes share.google/YifUktFdo9wz...

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A surprise today - at 11.00 a.m. we saw two #Swifts flying just above the trees at Malling Deanery Arboretum, #Lewes, and heading upriver!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

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Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

15th August - Our #Swifts are still in the nest box in #Lewes. Parents are still returning to feed them. First seen 13th May so expected they would have left by now. Sometimes they stick their tails or wings out and at other times they are looking out sideways or upside down!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil and Small Scabious in the High Street planter provided by #Lewes #Swift Supporters. Interested in wildlife gardening? Kate Bradbury is the speaker at our AGM in October. Membership of LSS is free - just contact lewesswifts@gmail.com to register.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We thought that the #Swifts at our house in #Lewes had fledged while we were away because we didn't see or hear them yesterday - but we were wrong! Two faces, and a wing, peeping out of the entrance at 9.55 this morning!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Possibly the last #Swifts we will see in our survey area at the top end of #Lewes? On 10th August we saw two Swifts in our nest box then had to go away for a couple of days. This evening we didn't see any Swifts at all! Safe journey to Africa - and back here again next year!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Some photographs of the chicks at the entrance to our #Swift nest box in #Lewes this morning.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Similar results to yesterday - 3 #Swifts flying over De Montfort Road, #Lewes, and one entered the same nest box - the only one of 8 nests in that road that still seems to be occupied. Entries and exits to the nest box at our house and two chicks peering out of the entrance.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Two #Swifts were flying above De Montfort Road, #Lewes, tonight and we saw one enter the same box as last night again. Piers saw two flying over the reservoir in Western Road. We heard scratching from the box at our house just as we set out on our survey and one Swift peeked out.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One #Swift at the entrance to our nest box at 11.00 a.m. today. This evening, two Swifts quietly flying from Baxter's Field, #Lewes, and one entered one of the boxes in De Montfort Road at 8.25 p.m. They first occupied that box on 14th June so could still have a while to go!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Two #Swifts seen at the entrance to our nest box at 10.00 a.m. and one Swift seen entering at 3.00 p.m. - but tonight no Swifts at all seen in our survey area in #Lewes between 7.20-9.10 p.m! Photo from last year because we weren't quick enough this morning.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For the first evening since 30th April we didn't see any #Swifts entering a nest in #Lewes! During the day, they returned into the box at our house four times. The second time, one wing was hanging out of the box as if a parent Swift was feeding a chick.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Today we saw some of the few remaining #Swifts entering nest boxes in Valence Road and De Montfort Road, and under the eaves to two nests in Western Road. One Swift entered a nest box in Sun Street that we installed in December 2023. Now 96 nests in #Lewes, 21 in boxes.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

One little #Swift face peering out of the box at our house in #Lewes this morning. We have heard but not seen them over the past two days so it is good to have another glimpse.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Another quieter evening in #Lewes . We only saw two nest entries - both to nest 1 in Western Road. It made it all the more special when four #Swifts screamed past us. A few groups of four to six Swifts streaming South over St. Anne's Church - and one Egret!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We are still seeing a FEW #Swifts around #Lewes and entries to just six of the known nests over the past two days. The general feeling is that most of the Swifts have begun their migration to Africa and that only a few of the breeding Swifts remain.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Up to ten #Swifts screaming up and down De Montfort Road, #Lewes, today from 2.30-2.40 p.m. At least twenty were screaming above Leicester Road Stores at 5.00 p.m.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

From 9.45 to 10.00 a.m. this morning - up to eight #Swifts screaming past our house in #Lewes and above Leicester Road and I actually managed to video one of the Swifts entering our box!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

After two rather quiet nights, we saw a lot more #Swifts at the top end of #Lewes this evening. We saw one entry to the box at our house, one exit from a box in De Montfort Road, and two entries to nests under the eaves in upper Western Road. The video shows one of these!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Another quieter night yesterday but we still saw #Swifts entering the nest box at our house and into three of the nests under the eaves in upper Western Road, #Lewes. Sharing this photograph of a Swift by Mart_the_gooner on Instagram - just because I love it!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A quieter night, we only saw one or two #Swifts until 8.35 when ten gathered over St. Anne's Church. Pleased to see an entry at Westfield House. Video shows slow motion action of Swift entries in upper Western Road, #Lewes, at 9.10 p.m.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

2.40 p.m. today - eight #Swifts screaming past our house in #Lewes again! A great season here and enjoying what might be the last few days of sightings.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

9.00 a.m. Nine #Swifts screaming and circling low between Valence Road and Leicester Road, #Lewes, and two to five screaming past the occupied nest box at our house. One chick peering out at them.

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Ian Dennis @ianindentdesign.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@lewesswifts.bsky.social We think ours may have gone for this year

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Marvellous displays of screaming #Swifts circling up and over De Montfort Road and Western Road, #Lewes, tonight. Entries to one nest box and one nest in a crevice in De Montfort Road and into 3 of the nests in Western Road. Magnificent fly-pasts of 10 Swifts at St. Anne's Church.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Up to eight #Swifts prospecting for nests near our nest boxes in #Lewes this morning from 7.30 to 9.00 a.m. VERY loud answering calls from inside the occupied nest box.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

10.30 - 10.45 a.m. today - Seven #Swifts screaming past the nest box at our house in #Lewes and very loud answering calls from the Swift peeking out of the entrance to the box!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

10.45 today - up to seven #Swifts screaming around the top of St. Swithun's Terrace, #Lewes. VERY loud calls from the nests there!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Here is one #Swift peeking out of the nest entrance at our house in #Lewes just before it flew out at 8.00 p.m. Another Swift enter a box at the rear of Western Road and at 9.15, 20 Swifts were screaming over the top of Western Road, and five Swifts entered three of the nests.

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Emma🦇Chaplin 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @emmachaplin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Jemima & Jane - @lewesswifts.bsky.social team with me for Lewes Food Banks collection today outside Waitrose. People were, as ever, incredibly generous

Two women holding banners outside Waitrose

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Five #Swifts entered three of the nests in Western Road tonight at 9.15. Earlier we saw one entry at the church and two entries to two of the boxes in De Montfort Road. It was noticeably quieter this evening but we did see one group of 15 Swifts flying over Western Road, #Lewes.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

8.25 a.m. today - very loud calls from a #Swift that was visible at the entrance to our #Lewes nest box - and one to three Swifts screaming close past our house.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

12.10 p.m. One of the 16 #Swifts screaming low along and above De Montfort Road, #Lewes, just now!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Amazingly large groups of #Swifts screaming above De Montfort Road and Western Road this evening. The record number was 35! In Western Road, #Lewes, we saw entries to nests 1, 2, and 3 just before it became dark.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We watched the #Swifts in De Montfort Road, #Lewes, for a long while tonight. It was so peaceful to see them swooping over the houses and circling up above in a lovely fresh breeze. At St. Anne's Church, we enjoyed seeing groups of up to 25 Swifts screaming through a pink sky.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Yesterday evening in #Lewes most of the #Swifts we saw were in loose circling groups of up to twenty, above and around St. Anne's Church. Apart from the entries and exits to the box at our house, we only saw one entry in Western Road.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Groups of up to 20 #Swifts flying around our area of #Lewes tonight - mostly not screaming. Entries to two boxes in De Montfort Road, one in St. Anne's Church, and three in Western Road. Second nest confirmed in St. John's Terrace - 94 different nest entrances recorded now.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Screaming parties of up to 22 #Swifts around #Lewes tonight! Loïck confirmed a seventh nest entrance at The Maltings yesterday, which makes 93 altogether across the town.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Up to 30 #Swifts were screaming around the top of Western Road, #Lewes, this evening between 9.15 and 9.30 p.m. Here are some of them! Entries to four of the nests under the eaves there, our only entries of the survey. Swifts seem to prefer soaring around on such a warm night!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In the evening, the #Swifts love feeding above this Lime tree in De Montfort Road, #Lewes. Trees provide food and habitat for a wide range of the insects that Swifts depend upon for their food. Do you have a favourite tree in a public space in #Lewes? friends-of-lewes.org.uk/2026/06/23/d...

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Screaming parties of up to 20 #Swifts tonight at the top of #Lewes! Entries to three nests at St. Anne's Church and all four nests in Western Road - plus a fifth new nest entrance! Video shows Swifts over De Montfort Road.

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#Swifts screaming past our house in #Lewes from 5.30 this morning - and very loud answering calls from inside the nest box!

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Lewes Swift Supporters @lewesswifts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Up to 14 #Swifts screaming around our area of #Lewes tonight and entries and exits at two of the boxes and one nest under the eaves in De Montfort Road, one at St. Anne's Church and two in St. Anne's Crescent. New nest reported in Prince Edward's Road makes 90 this year!

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