Get help for
your project from local experts & groups
These people should be able to advise you how to get
your Swift nest box project up and running, or help you protect a local Swift colony from building
work or development. Some can do a lot more! Please contact them via the e-mail
links.
Swift
Groups -
please click the blue Swift icon to see the list  Local Swift
Experts -
see below
Aldeburgh
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Alan & Christine Collett
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click
here to e-mail
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Berkshire (Maidenhead &
nearby areas)
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Jan
Stannard
|
click
here to e-mail
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Bridgnorth (Shropshire)
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Carol Wood
|
click
here to e-mail
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Brighton
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Chris
Lowe
|
click
here to e-mail
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Bristol & Avon
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Mark Glanville
|
click
here to e-mail
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Bromley (Kent) Swift Group
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Peter Smart
|
click here to e-mail
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Buckingham
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Sue Hetherington
|
click
here to e-mail
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Cambridgeshire
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Dick Newell
|
click
here to e-mail
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Channel Islands
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Vic Froome
|
click
here to e-mail
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Cornwall (North)
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Thaïs
Martins
|
click
here to e-mail
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Cornwall
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Bruce
Taggart
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click
here to e-mail
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Cumbria - Sedbergh and District
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Tanya
& Edmund Hoare
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click
here to e-mail
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South Cumbria & North Lancs advice
on local Swift surveys only
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Peter
Moreton
|
click
here to e-mail
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Darlington, Yorkshire
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John Tempest
|
click
here to e-mail
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Derby & Derbyshire
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Nick
Brown
|
click
here to e-mail
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Devon
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Stephen
Fitt
|
click
here to e-mail
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Dorset
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Stephen
Fitt
|
click
here to e-mail
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Eire - Dublin area
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Helen
Burke
|
click
here to e-mail
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Eire - County Mayo
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Lynda
Huxley
|
click
here to e-mail
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Essex
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John Smart
|
click
here to e-mail
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Hampshire |
Tim Norriss
|
click
here to e-mail |
Hertfordshire
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Vicky Duxbury
|
click
here to e-mail
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Hertfordshire (North East)
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Gavin Vicary
|
click
here to e-mail
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Kendal |
Ros Taylor
|
click
here to e-mail |
Kent (East)
|
Nik Mitchell |
click
here to e-mail
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Lancashire (South) & Greater Manchester
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Louise Bentley
|
click
here to e-mail
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Lancashire (Fylde &
Bowland)
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Ian Walker
|
click
here to e-mail
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Lancashire (Wigan area)
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Lynn Sedgwick
|
click here to e-mail
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Leeds
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Martin
Calvert
|
click
here to e-mail
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Lincolnshire
(Central)
|
Bill Ball
|
click
here to e-mail
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Lincolnshire (Caistor area)
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Ann Cross
|
click
here to e-mail
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Lincolnshire (Vale of Belvoir)
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David
Makin
|
click
here to e-mail
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London - East
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Shelagh Taylor
|
click
here to e-mail
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London - North
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Helen Shore
|
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London - North East & Central
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Michael Priaulx
|
click
here to e-mail
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London - North West
|
Edward
Mayer
|
click
here to e-mail
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London - South & Southwark
|
Steven
Robinson
|
click
here to e-mail
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London - South West
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Louise Cole
|
click
here to e-mail
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Milton Keynes
|
Martin
Kincaid
|
click
here
to e-mail
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Norfolk |
Rob Collins
|
click
here
to e-mail
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Northern Ireland
|
Mark Smyth
|
click
here to e-mail
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Oxfordshire (Cherwell District)
|
Chris
Mason
|
click
here to e-mail
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Oxfordshire (Henley on Thames)
|
Joanna Cary
|
click
here to e-mail
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Portsmouth
|
Dave Warner
|
click
here to e-mail
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Scotland - Tayside
|
Daniele
Muir
|
click
here to e-mail
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South West England
|
Stephen
Fitt
|
click
here to e-mail
|
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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Sheffield Swift Network
|
click
here to e-mail
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Shropshire
|
Peta
Sams
|
click
here to e-mail
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Suffolk
|
Eddie Bathgate
|
click
here to e-mail
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Sussex
|
Dave Boddington / SOS
|
click
here to e-mail
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Wales - Cardiff area
|
Julia
Barrell
|
click
here to e-mail
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Wales - Cardiff area
|
Linda
Newton
|
click
here to e-mail
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Wales - South & Brecon Beacons
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Kirsty
Johns
|
click
here to e-mail
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Wales - Glamorgan
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Alan
Rosney
|
click
here to e-mail
|
Wiltshire - North (& Bristol, Swindon to Devizes)
|
Sarah Roberts
|
click
here to e-mail
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Worcestershire |
Sue Wilks
|
click
here to e-mail
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Yorkshire - Ilkley area
|
Bill Thorne
|
click
here to e-mail
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Yorkshire - Ampleforth area
|
Jonathan
Pomroy
|
click
here to e-mail
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Yorkshire - Scarborough area
|
Robert Stark
|
click
here to e-mail
|
Yorkshire - Wakefield
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Chris Swaine
|
click
here to e-mail
|
Just a few examples of their work
Photo
© Mark
Smyth
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Photo © Helen
Robertson
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Photo © Roland
Giddy
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Stephen
Fitt has been
the prime mover for the installation of many hundreds of Swift nest places
in the West Country, mostly in new-build housing, apartments, hotels
and schools, by working closely with the Duchy of Cornwall and
Exeter City Council, Tanya
and Edmund Hoare have set up an amazing Swift colony in the walls of
their own home, and have overseen the installion of Swift nest
places in numerous buildings in their region, Mark Smyth and Jonathan
Pomroy have both set up very successful Swift colonies at their homes,
Helen Robertson saved her Swifts' nests by having special entrances
fitted when her builder re-tiled the roof in late 2009, Ian Walker
advised on the installation of Swift nest places in the new Everyman
Theatre in Liverpool, and the late Roland Giddy had his Victorian eaves
converted into Swift homes, and was instrumental in saving the Swift
colony in the church at Lingfield.
The Moral: Everyone can do something, big or small, to help Swifts.
The
Small Print - please read carefully. These people all work
independently. They only provide advice on Swift conservation and nest
space creation; they do not advise on any aspect of building
maintenance, structural or safety matters. They should be able to tell
you what can be done to preserve and provide nest places, and what
sorts of commercially-available nest boxes might be suitable. You will
need to assure yourself that their advice fits in with your plans for
your building, your building's condition and your future requirements,
and any other associated matters. You will need to arrange for
purchases and fitting, and/or associated building work, as required.
Swifts are wild creatures, and while all helpers are in touch with the
latest information, it may well be that Swifts will not take up the
offered nest places, or may leave an altered nest site notwithstanding
all efforts to preserve the colony. Under no circumstances can these
helpers or Swift Conservation accept any liability.
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