Cranking up the blog for the 2019 swift season.
We've already attended our first event: Big Green Day at Telegraph Hill on Saturday 4 May. Lots of people stopped at our stall and most of them already seemed to be aware of swifts in the area, so we were able to explain the importance of finding and increasing nest sites. Quite a few people were interested in participating in the RSPB Swift Survey too, so it was a very encouraging start to the year.
The first swift sightings of 2019 have started to come in and have been added to our 2019 Lewisham Swift Sightings Map. Sightings in 2019 are coloured green and we're aiming for a wider spread than last year (2018 = blue). Known nest sites (burgundy) identified from the RSPB records are still to be added.
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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