Swifts are disappearing from our skies fast: numbers have fallen by up to 60% in a single generation.

And yet there’s a simple solution to this speedy decline. The Government just needs to make it a legal requirement for all new houses to include swift bricks: a £35 hollow brick that gives these birds a safe place to nest.

Scotland has already done this but the rest of the UK still lags behind.

We must push the UK Government to do the same here in England

https://38d.gs/sb_ps_ot

#UKNature

Swifts are disappearing from our skies fast: numbers have fallen by up to 60% in a single generation.

And yet there’s a simple solution to this speedy decline. The Government just needs to make it a legal requirement for all new houses to include swift bricks: a £35 hollow brick that gives these birds a safe place to nest.

Scotland has already done this but the rest of the UK still lags behind.

We must push the UK Government to do the same here in England

https://38d.gs/sb_ps_ot

#UKNature

Just popped out to put some washing on the line and a leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) flew by carrying its cargo. It took a little break on my garden table so I grabbed my phone and waited for it to take off again so I could see it grasp its leaf. Here’s a little slo-mo clip

#bee#UKnature

Just popped out to put some washing on the line and a leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) flew by carrying its cargo. It took a little break on my garden table so I grabbed my phone and waited for it to take off again so I could see it grasp its leaf. Here’s a little slo-mo clip

#bee#UKnature