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These
simple to make plywood boxes (shown
without their backs) use a design
based on research conducted in several
European countries into the provision
of successful breeding facilities for
Swifts.
You can see that they feature a variety
of entrance holes. This is to try
and find out which type Swifts prefer,
and which prove most successful at keeping
out Starlings, who might otherwise take
over the nest places well before the Swifts
return to the UK.
click here for more information and photos at the
MagikBirds site.
 click here
to download Bill Murrells' louvre box drawing (not to
scale) - approved for use in church
towers by the Diocese of Ely.
Photographs © Dick Newell / Action for Swifts
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Swift
Boxes for Church Towers
These
plywood nest boxes
are shown before (left) and after
(below) being fitted by Dick Newell
and his Action
for Swifts team to Landbeach Church
tower near Ely in East Anglia. See the
Ely
Swifts Project site for
more details about this and other similar
projects.
This
type of installation is easy to
make and fit to any suitable site. Church
bell towers, factory and warehouse ventilators,
and Victorian roof ventilation systems often
feature louvred areas, some of which
can be put to good use for Swifts without
any detrimental effect on the building's
ventilation.
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Swift
Boxes for Post - Industrial Sites
This louvred cupola (left)
on
the roof of the Linlithgow Distillery is fitted with a multiple bay
Swift nestbox, installed by R.& G Homes, the Architect and
Developer, working with Concern for Swifts (Scotland).
It is a
very good example of what can be done to house Swifts when
industrial sites are converted to residential use.
Photograph © Clare Darlaston / Concern for Swifts Scotland |
Internal Nest Trays and Boxes
