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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After a short break, more barn owl boxes went up this week! 🦉 The real star is the habitat: fabulous field margins, rough grass, cover and hopefully plenty of small mammals. The box is the house; this is the fridge! 🌿 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

What a brilliant weekend at Framlingham Country Show! 🦉 So many great chats, new contacts and shared love of birds. Lovely catching up with Martin on House Martins, Eddie on Swifts and Pete Merchant on Peregrines. A top weekend! 🐦 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @sosswifts.bsky.social

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Jemma @wildlifejemma.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

@sosswifts.bsky.social swift numbers here on the coast really dropped this week. Bon voyage....

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

An interesting Chimney Swift article here www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Cheryl Deeks @cheryldeeks.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Excellent news, they'd be really chuffed

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

6 Swift nest boxes & a call system have gone to The Green Dragon pub in Bungay, both late greats Steve Piotrowski & Paddy Shaw blew the froth off a few beers here in their time. They did much for conservation, it was their idea for a swift walk, talk and a pint, both are sadly missed #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Both Swift nest boxes installed in 2017 in Blaxhall are now occupied. Thanks to a very generous legacy SOSSwifts have donated another 4 nest boxes for there, a super opportunity to create another very significant Swift colony @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

2 Swift boxes funded by Coasts/Heaths NL here in Southwold are now used. The easiest way to boost local Swift populations is to add more nesting space, so 10 further nest boxes have been donated to create a significant colony @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Apologies for straying off topic but @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social also provide nest boxes for Suffolk’s rarer breeding species that will take to them. Fantastic to hear that Spotted Flycatchers have taken to one recently fitted and have young close to fledging. #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

No signs of Swifts using these nest boxes on the Constable Health Centre in East Bergholt. House Sparrows are breeding here though & this species is red-listed too, their behaviour can help Swifts find a nest site too @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Eddie Bathgate @limeypomme.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great to be able to confirm that the 7th occupied Swift box here does have young, I can now hear quiet chirruping when a parent returns with food. This box was repeatedly banged last year then briefly occupied last July. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

7 Swift nest boxes along with a 240V call system have been installed on the Quakers Meeting House in #Leiston, Suffolk. SOSSwifts have more Community Sets available for prominent elevations of public buildings around Suffolk @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Debenham is bonkers with Swifts currently & Trevor Stutter has captured this image of a busy nest box, one of many used in the town. Adding nest boxes where Swifts breed helps boost local populations, these are on the church @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

JT, our volunteer nest box maker with another car load for Suffolk. The flat lidded Swift box is one of 10 going to #Southwold to add to a budding colony. SOSSwifts have also just delivered 3 boxes to #Nayland & 6 to #Lavenham for colonies there too @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Swift conservation works but can take time. This location was far from an existing colony but installed nest boxes & played calls May-July for several years until found. There is no reason why it can’t be repeated anywhere. #SuffolkBirding @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Great to see these Swift nest boxes on Old Newton Primary School today, near #Stowmarket, decorated by their pupils. House Sparrows are exploring them, they’re red-lasted too and can light the way for Swifts to find them @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A Swift Community Set has been donated to #Clopton Village Hall where the 6 boxes + 240V call system will be mounted on a suitable high elevation where there is a clear line of flight. SOSSwifts has more Sets available. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Great to hear that a Kessingland location which installed 6 Swift boxes in 2023 now has 2 recently being used. They’re likely to be occupied by younger Swifts which probably won’t breed this year, but the birds are very likely to return in 2027 a bit wiser & try again @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Bramfield House School installed 8 Swift boxes early 2024 & now have 4 boxes being used, the start of a significant Swift colony for their pupils to marvel at. Thanks to a kind donation 8 more Swift nest boxes are being added @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fantastic conservation here at this north Suffolk location where 6 of their Swift nest boxes are active + over 30 House Martin nests on this and surrounding buildings, all from nothing. They were able to create a super mud splat for the HMs who colonised @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

SOSSwifts have donated this Swift Community Set to Abbeygate 6th form in Bury St Edmunds. Swifts’ calls are being played to help attract the younger Swifts above looking for a future place to breed. Swift conservation works. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Great to hear of a Martlesham location with multiple Swift nest boxes now has their first occupancy. It has taken some time for Swifts to find their boxes, they’re some distance from an existing colony & calls were played to help. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Andy Goodey @andygoodey.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Lots of Swift action this morning by the boxes in Rayne @essexbirdnews.bsky.social #birds #ukbirding @sosswifts.bsky.social

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Woodbridge Swifts have a walk and talk tomorrow evening, Sunday 5th July meeting at the Brook St car park IP12 1BE at 7pm. Learn about Swifts, their plight and how easy it is to help them. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Swift nesting sites are so easily lost, most folk don’t even know they have them nesting in a cranny. Quick reactions & a positive response here means that Swifts can still access, the nest entrance is being maintained & a nest box is being added for breeding space. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Dave Pearsons @dave09.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Two super days checking Barn Owl boxes. 7 boxes checked 25 BO pulli (chicks) ringed. 2026 looking like a bumper year. Glad Sally Nelson's hard work is paying off @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social and @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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kernowjames.bsky.social @kernowjames.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

When I was 4 or 5 swifts were everywhere. The cottage we lived in had wood fascia they nested behind. The farm owner replaced with plastic fascia fitted close to the wall and the swifts couldn't get in. They came back for years crying as they couldn't get in. Now Im 60 I never see them. So sad.

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

3 Save Our Suffolk Swift nest boxes have gone to a location in #Snape. Swifts nest close by but calls will still be needed to speed up the process of Swifts finding them to breed, it can take some time. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Interesting Swift mitigation here in Westleton where non-native Grey Squirrels have invaded the loft disturbing Swifts nesting on top of the truss rafters. There is little likelihood of Swifts breeding there this year but adding nest boxes provides extra breeding space for the future #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Swift walk & talk this Friday 3rd in Wenhaston + a swift pint afterwards in The Star Inn. #Wenhaston has done much for Swift conservation, learn about Swifts & enjoy their screaming flights. Meet at the village hall car park at 6pm @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A super set up at this Sudbury Swifts colony created over time by adding nest boxes and playing Swifts’ calls www.youtube.com/live/ekEMMz3... @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A car load of nest boxes for our SOSSwifts campaign. These are destined for existing colonies in Bury St Edmunds and Wenhaston to help boost local populations, also Community Sets to Woodbridge Rugby Club & West Suffolk College. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Great to hear of locations in Woodbridge, Brantham, Shotley and Bury St Edmunds reporting an increase in the number of Swift nest boxes being used. We know that adding nest boxes/bricks to where Swifts are breeding helps boost their local populations @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Swifts love to nest in the nooks and crannies of older buildings, here is one squeezing beneath a Southwold roof tile to breed. The re-roofing of these older roofs to modern standards causes many Swifts to be blocked out. @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Jaap Langenbach @kortemozart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Have a nice walk! But did you know its also easy to see what happens inside the nest? See my list of 49 occupied nestboxes with webcam. Now 31 eggs and 77 nestlings present. gierzwaluw.website/webcams.html

Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Looking forward to Swift walks and talks in both Woodbridge and Felixstowe this Sunday; late afternoon in Woodbridge then evening in Felixstowe. The weather is set fair so should be very busy with Swifts. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Adam Faiers @adamfaiers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Nice to see this morning that Spotted Flycatchers have come back to the village for another year and having not seen the local Little Owl all year, it (or another) was back in it's favourite tree #suffolkbirds

Spotted Flycatcher on top of a pine tree

Little Owl sat in a hollow branch of an old oak tree

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Suffolk Bird Group @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

As part of the Suffolk Bird Group event on June 21st - Big Suffolk Bird Watch Day, there is a guided Lakenheath Fen walk - meet at the reserve centre car park at 09.30, led by Henry Cook RSPB warden. Please see www.suffolkbirdgroup.org/post/big-suf... for details on how to book #SuffolkBirding

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Big Suffolk Bird Watch - 21 June 2026

On Sunday 21 June Suffolk Bird Group are doing a day of birdwatching activities – either walks or from watch points to showcase some of the birds we have in the county. With the date selected to coinc...

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Newly hatched Swiftlets via a nest box camera, technology has come along leaps and bounds. These 2 should fledge in around 40 days & migrate to the Congo returning May 2027.Swifts are slow to mature, not breeding for several years so might not land until 2029 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Add nest space and wait, it can take some time but conservation works. Swifts nest in the gable box above and now after a 4 year wait House Martins have found the nest cup beneath. The 2 species will nest close to each other and co-exist without bother. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirding

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Time and time again we survey locations where ‘we used to have Swifts, they just disappeared!’. It is common to find this, old roofs that have been re-tiled to modern building standards with anti-bird combing installed under the rolls of the tiles. Swifts are simply blocked out. #SuffolkBirds

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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Who said barn owls can’t live in a housing boom? 🦉 Thanks to the amazing Debenham Community Shed, we’ve got a whole new estate of beautifully crafted barn owl boxes ready to head out across the countryside. Fantastic workmanship and support for wildlife conservation! 💚 @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Eddie Bathgate @limeypomme.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Swift #Swift update, class A bonkers with activity this morning. 4 boxes definitely have pairs with 2 other boxes having activity. There’s also Swifts in/out of 2 nest bricks which we slotted into old air bricks after the cavity was insulated. @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @sosswifts.bsky.social

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Eddie Bathgate @limeypomme.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Swift update from here. Swifts paired up in 2 camera nest boxes with a single in a 3rd camera box. 2 further Swift boxes have Swifts in and out, no sign that they’re paired up yet. My neighbour has a Swift going into a nest box too, so 6 boxes used in total @sosswifts.bsky.social

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Barn Owl Support Suffolk @sbgbarnowls.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Barn owls, wildlife chat, and hopefully minimal gazebo disasters… 🦉🌿 We’re all set up at the Bury Wildlife Festival today, so pop over and say hello if you are in the area! 🦉✨ @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

2nd Swift egg now laid in this Framlingham nest box. Swifts sometimes lay 3 and 4 eggs isn’t unknown. There are still many breeding Swifts still to return and plenty of time for them to do so. #SuffolkBirds @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social

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Save Our Suffolk Swifts @sosswifts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

A #Swift Community Set of 7 nest boxes + call system has gone to Red Oak Primary School in #Lowestoft for their maintenance team to install, funded by kind donations. We have more Sets available for prominent elevations of public buildings @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social

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Ed Keeble @edkeeble.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Every cloud has a silver lining- here's about half of flock of 175-200 Swifts lumped by the rain and cold onto a farm res. in the Brecks this afternoon. #UKbirding

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Mart_the_Gooner @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

One of our swifts returned to its nest on exactly the same date as last year. Thousands of miles travelled, across continents and weather systems, only to arrive back with astonishing precision. Nature runs on clocks we’re only just beginning to understand. @rspb.bsky.social @sosswifts.bsky.social

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