London's Swifts Local Help & Assistance

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  Moving to Spain, Italy or the Midi?
Local Swift Experts 
- see below

   Aldeburgh

Alan & Christine Collett

click here to e-mail

  Berkshire (Maidenhead & nearby areas)

Jan Stannard

click here to e-mail

   Bridgnorth (Shropshire)
Carol Wood

click here to e-mail

  Brighton

Chris Lowe

click here to e-mail

  Bristol & Avon

Mark Glanville

click here to e-mail

   Bromley (Kent) Swift Group
Peter Smart
click here to e-mail

   Buckingham

Sue Hetherington

click here to e-mail

  Cambridgeshire

Dick Newell

click here to e-mail

  Channel Islands

Vic Froome

click here to e-mail

  Cornwall (North)

Thaïs Martins

click here to e-mail

  Cornwall

Bruce Taggart

click here to e-mail

  Cumbria - Sedbergh and District

Tanya & Edmund Hoare

click here to e-mail

  South Cumbria & North Lancs
       
advice on local Swift surveys only

Peter Moreton

click here to e-mail

   Darlington, Yorkshire
John Tempest

click here to e-mail

  Derby & Derbyshire

Nick Brown

click here to e-mail

  Devon

Stephen Fitt

click here to e-mail

  Dorset

Stephen Fitt

click here to e-mail

  Eire - Dublin area

Helen Burke

click here to e-mail

  Eire - County Mayo

Lynda Huxley

click here to e-mail

  Essex

John Smart

click here to e-mail

   Hampshire Tim Norriss
click here to e-mail
   Hertfordshire
Vicky Duxbury

click here to e-mail

   Hertfordshire (North East)
Gavin Vicary

click here to e-mail

   Kendal Ros Taylor
click here to e-mail
   Kent (East)
Nik Mitchell

click here to e-mail

  Lancashire (South) & Greater Manchester

Louise Bentley

click here to e-mail

  Lancashire (Fylde & Bowland)

Ian Walker

click here to e-mail

   Lancashire (Wigan area)
Lynn Sedgwick
click here to e-mail

  Leeds  

Martin Calvert

click here to e-mail

   Lincolnshire (Central)

Bill Ball

click here to e-mail

   Lincolnshire (Caistor area)

Ann Cross

click here to e-mail

  Lincolnshire (Vale of Belvoir)

David Makin

click here to e-mail

  London - East

Shelagh Taylor

click here to e-mail

  London - North

Helen Shore

click here to e-mail

  London - North East & Central

Michael Priaulx

click here to e-mail

  London - North West

Edward Mayer

click here to e-mail

  London - South & Southwark

Steven Robinson

click here to e-mail

  London - South West
Louise Cole

click here to e-mail

  Milton Keynes

Martin Kincaid

click here to e-mail

   Norfolk Rob Collins

click here to e-mail

   Northern Ireland
Mark Smyth

click here to e-mail

  Oxfordshire (Cherwell District)

Chris Mason

click here to e-mail

  Oxfordshire (Henley on Thames)

Joanna Cary

click here to e-mail

  Portsmouth

Dave Warner

click here to e-mail

  Scotland - Tayside

Daniele Muir

click here to e-mail

  South West England

Stephen Fitt

click here to e-mail

  Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Sheffield Swift Network

click here to e-mail

  Shropshire

Peta Sams

click here to e-mail

  Suffolk

Eddie Bathgate

click here to e-mail

  Sussex

Dave Boddington / SOS

click here to e-mail

  Wales - Cardiff area

Julia Barrell

click here to e-mail

  Wales - Cardiff area

Linda Newton

click here to e-mail

  Wales - South & Brecon Beacons

Kirsty Johns

click here to e-mail

  Wales - Glamorgan

Alan Rosney

click here to e-mail

   Wiltshire - North (& Bristol, Swindon to Devizes)
Sarah Roberts

click here to e-mail

   Worcestershire Sue Wilks

click here to e-mail

  Yorkshire - Ilkley area

Bill Thorne

click here to e-mail

  Yorkshire - Ampleforth area

Jonathan Pomroy

click here to e-mail

   Yorkshire - Scarborough area
Robert Stark

click here to e-mail

  Yorkshire - Wakefield
Chris Swaine

click here to e-mail

Just a few examples of their work

Photo © Mark Smyth

Photo © Helen Robertson

Photo © Roland Giddy

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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