Swift boxes at Darwin College in Cambridge used for first time (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.

Swifts are endangered, external and were added to the Red list of Birds of Conservation Concern in the UK in 2021, with numbers plummeting by 70% between 1995 and 2024, the RSPB said.

While there are swift boxes at a number of university sites in the city, boxes were only added to Darwin College three years ago.

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