Swift nest boxes installed at Cambridge's Darwin College see first nesting birds
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Helen Burchell
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Darwin College at Cambridge University has installed swift nest boxes on its buildings for the first time, as part of a broader university effort to help recover the declining swift population. Natural nest sites have been lost due to modern building renovations. The David Attenborough Building has had success since 2020, with 20 boxes and 24 nesting chambers, including a live camera feed. The first pair at Darwin College has now nested, delighting the college master.
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bskySwift nest boxes installed at Cambridge's Darwin College see first nesting birdsbbc.co.ukKey quotes
· 1 pulledOne of the things the university is doing to try to help recover the swift population is to put nest boxes on buildings around the university to compensate for the fact that natural nest sites have disappeared as a result of new modern buildings,
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