How to help swifts by installing a bird nest box as energy efficient homes damage breeding hopes

Swift at box photo by fs-phil under creative commons

i News reports homeowners renovating period properties are inadvertently destroying nesting sites for endangered birds in a quest to make their homes more energy efficient, conservationists have warned. Swifts usually nest in holes near the roofs of properties, but renovation work is plugging these gaps and making it more difficult for the birds to breed. 

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