Guildford Swift Project

03/06/2026

We are keeping our eye on the ball of this one . Below is an update by Banstead Swifts. Please call Surrey Police on 101 , below is the crime reference number you will need. Please write to your local MP and Councillor. Thank you .

03/06/2026

Banstead Swifts are still asking for anyone in Dorking to 1. Report to them any knowledge they have of seeing the Swift colony before demolition and especially if they reported that in, and who too, or photo or film evidence. 2. Contact Surrey Police on 101, asking for Wildlife crimes unit and report the crime. They have still not had a response from the police! This situation is totally unacceptable and we should spread it far and wide to make a lot of noise about this.
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Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development

03/06/2026

Swifts are affected by Climate change, as are all our wildlife, but Swifts spending their life on the wing are particularly affected by increasing storms, growing deserts and even heat waves causing dehydration and fledglings getting too hot in nests. The climate also affects insect population, there only food source.
Please sign this petition, we need the facts, awarness and some common sense for what we can do as citizens to help ourselves and our wildlife. Now is not the time to be kepted in the dark, or miss information.

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts.

31/05/2026

The Skies are alive . Eight Acres, Beacon Hill, Hindhead.

30/05/2026

Dorking residents we need your help 🙏

The Dorking Swifts need your help!

Dorking Swift Colony: Dorking Residents

We are finding more evidence of neglect from individuals who were informed that the swifts had arrived back in the Regent House at the beginning of May and that the swift nests were being illegally obstructed then destructed by demolition.

We are collecting and collating information and will be putting it into a timeline.

🆘️We need your help!

If you reported that swifts were present or nesting in Regent House, Dorking to anyone, Surrey Police, Mole Valley District Council etc, verbally or in writing, we want to hear from you.

Please send details of:

Who reported to, organisation or individual,
How reported
Date of report
Name of individual who dealt with your report/call if known.
Action they took
Did they follow up
Emails or letters you received
Crime number or call log number/reference

If you wish to stay anonymous, we guarantee that any information you share with us will be anonymized and you will not be identified as the source.

Please email [email protected]

30/05/2026

Yesterday that last egg in the corner was well and truly pushed out the box and smashed on the ground below the box. No sign of the other laid egg outside, so we think one of the Swifts took it away in there mouth. I have seen film footage of Swifts doing this, but usually first timer breeding pair, ours are very experienced now, so who knows. Feeling a little bit low 😕, but we must hold on to hope, we have breeders in box one and a neighbour in our street reported seeing another breeding pair enter a box in our street. So far we have 5 boxes occupied, there could be more, we will report back as soon as we know.

30/05/2026

Oh No 🤦‍♀️! So sorry to have to report this. We turned on the camera, only to find, one egg has disappeared and the 2nd egg kicked out of the nest. The nest seems to be also messed up a bit, so we are guessing there was a Swift intruder and a fight, but as we did not see it , we cannot be sure. The other possibility is it just got too hot, and they decided these eggs would not work, but I am thinking it was a fight as many other Swift groups are reporting more increase in fighting this year, as arrivals have been staggered. Very upsetting, but it does happen and this is nature.
There could still be time yet to lay another egg, fingers crossed . We will keep you reported. Honestly some times having a camera is a double edge sword! But we do need to know and record good and bad .

30/05/2026

Beautiful 😍