Hamish Burnett – Hackney Citizen

Swift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 June 2017 at 13:31

Hamish Burnett (far-right) and supporters gathered outside e Star by Hackney Downs pub - which has swift boxes in situ. Photograph: Andrew Barnes

Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece

Are swifts the latest Hackney victim of housing crisis and property price rises?

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 June 2014 at 20:17

Talk and guided walk arranged this month by conservationists desperate to help save this fascinating bird