{"id":101,"date":"2018-07-05T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2019-01-25T18:26:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T18:26:57","slug":"swiftconservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/swiftconservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Action for Swifts &#038; Swift Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We support conservation\u00a0by making a quarterly donation from our sales revenue to a charity or specific project which is making a difference. This quarter (<span>July &#8211; September 2018<\/span>) we are supporting <a href=\"http:\/\/actionforswifts.blogspot.com\/\">Action for Swifts<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/swift-conservation.org\/\">Swift Conservation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-101 style-standard'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01597620-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Common swift (Apus apus) screaming as they fly in formation over cottage roofs at dusk, Lacock, Wiltshire\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01597620-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01597620-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01597620-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01597620-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Common swift (Apus apus) screaming as they fly in formation over cottage roofs at dusk, Lacock, Wiltshire\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Swift tower with nest boxes for up to 100 pairs of Common swifts (Apus apus) designed as a public art work to look like a setting sun, with swifts flying overhead, Logan&#039;s Meadow Local Nature Reserve, Cambridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575865-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Swift tower with nest boxes for up to 100 pairs of Common swifts (Apus apus) designed as a public art work to look like a setting sun, with swifts flying overhead, Logan&#039;s Meadow Local Nature Reserve, Cambridge\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-360x240.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two size-three-two\" alt=\"Judith Wakelam releasing an orphaned Common swift chick (Apus apus) she has fostered and fed with insects at her home until it was ready to fly, Worlington, Suffolk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/01575840-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Judith Wakelam releasing an orphaned Common swift chick (Apus apus) she has fostered and fed with insects at her home until it was ready to fly, Worlington, Suffolk\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>According to the BTO Breeding Bird Survey, Swifts declined in the UK by 53% between 1995 and 2016. The main cause of this decline is believed to be loss of nest sites. This quarter we are supporting two small volunteer groups working to conserve the UK swift population, Action for Swifts and Swift Conservation, both of which were involved in the first ever UK Swift Awareness Week which ran from 16-23 June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/actionforswifts.blogspot.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-185 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-150x57.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-1024x387.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-320x121.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-375x142.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-600x227.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts-900x340.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Action-for-Swifts.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/actionforswifts.blogspot.com\/\">Action for Swifts<\/a>\u00a0is a volunteer group working to reverse the decline of Swifts by generating designs and ideas, trialling those ideas in local projects followed by documenting them on their website as case studies. Many of their projects involve the construction and installation of artificial nest-boxes and nest sites. Our donation will contribute towards the cost of a 10-chamber colony box at Trumpington Meadows Wildlife Trust reserve near Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/swift-conservation.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-186 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-300x54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-300x54.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-150x27.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-768x138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-1024x184.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-1200x216.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-1234x222.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-320x57.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-375x67.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-600x108.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-900x162.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010-1300x233.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SC-Logo-2010.jpg 1303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swift-conservation.org\/\">Swift Conservation<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>was founded by Edward Mayer in 2003 and has pioneered an approach to swift conservation through talks, advice and volunteer co-ordination, much of it focused on the creation of artificial nest sites. Our donation will help support this work in raising awareness of the problems facing swifts and providing practical solutions to assist their survival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An expanded gallery covering swift conservation can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/-stories\/feature-stories\/helping-swifts.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We support conservation\u00a0by making a quarterly donation from our sales revenue to a charity or specific project which is making a difference. This quarter (July &#8211; September 2018) we are supporting Action for Swifts and Swift Conservation. According to the BTO Breeding Bird Survey, Swifts declined in the UK by 53% between 1995 and 2016&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/swiftconservation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[128,5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-donations","category-conservation","tag-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}