Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership Partners’ News July 2010
In this issue: Partners News Save a place for Suffolk’s swifts Campaign for the farmed environment Experimental ride management by the Forestry Commission Free GIS viewers and tools Rare seabirds protected by co-operative working Environment Agency volunteers available Volunteer request from the Greenprint Forum Blooming lovely From the Suffolk Argus 2009 butterfly report Good news for the Chilton meadow butterflies Community environmental action in Suffolk Coastal district Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership News Information and news What’s on SBP information
Page No. 1 2 3 4 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 19 21
PARTNERS NEWS Save a place for Suffolk’s swifts Steve Piotrowski, Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Suffolk Ornithological Group
Hopefully, the shrill screams from squadrons of swifts fearlessly flying at incredible speeds over our rooftops will not become a sound of the past! The ‘natural’ nesting sites for swifts are coastal cliffs and mountains, but in the gentle county of Suffolk these habitats are rare. A few nest in holes in trees and red crag cliffs, but the majority have, since Roman times, successfully improvised with nest sites in stone and Photo: Andrew Easton brick buildings, nesting in eaves and gables, holes in walls and under the irregular Suffolk pantiles. Unfortunately, since the introduction of new building regulations, buildings have had to be constructed and renovated in such a way that the entrances to
1