Who's who in Action
for Swifts
Jake Allsop
Jake lives near Ely, Cambs, and is the Project Coordinator for the
Action for Swifts campaign.
Tel 01353 740540
Mobile 07749 898797
Email: actionforswifts@yahoo.com
Clare Darlaston
Clare is the regional coordinator for Scotland and runs Concern for
Swifts (Scotland). She has been tireless in persuading local
authorities such as North Lanarkshire to adopt proactive swift
conservation policies. Visit her website at: www.concernforswifts.com
Tel 0141 554 8262
Email: swiftscot@yahoo.co.uk.
Matthew Dodds
Matthew is Green Spaces Officer for the Aylesbury Vale Countryside
Service in Buckinghamshire. He and his colleague Peter Gullan are
keen swift enthusiasts and are the regional coordinators for their
part of England.
Matthew Tel 01296 427972
Eemail: MDodds@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk
Peter Tel 01844 291154
Steve Keightley
Steve lives in Lincolnshire. He is a BTO A ringer and is engaged
in a longterm ringing study of a swift colony in North Kesteven.
He has also done research into the design of tile nestboxes in collaboration
with major UK tile manufacturers.
Tel 01205 290233
Email: S.Keightley@tesco.net
Julian Limentani
Julian lives in St Ives, Cambs. He is a professional architect,
currently engaged full-time on the restoration of Peterborough Cathedral.
He deals with all architectural design questions relating to swifts.
Tel 01480 461101
Email: limentani@aol.com
Brian Martin
Brian lives near Warrington and is the regional coordinator for
the northwest of England. He authored the report on the swift survey
carried out by the Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society in
1995-6.
Tel 01925 264251
Email: brianmartin1940@hotmail.com
Edward Mayer
Edward lives in north London and is the regional coordinator for
London and the Southeast. He has been instrumental in persuading
a number of local authorities to adopt proactive policies on swift
conservation. Visit his award-winning website: www.londons-swifts.org.uk
Tel 020 7794 2098
Email: edwardmayer@londons-swifts.org.uk
Bill Murrells
Bill lives in Ely, Cambs, and is a professional builder, and also
a churchwarden and bellringer. He deals with building-related questions,
particularly concerning making access when buildings are re-roofed
or renovated. He has also designed a special "louvre nestbox"
for use in church towers, and is happy to give advice on provision
of nest sites in church buildings.
Tel 01353 662762
Email: pammurrells@waitrose.com
Graham Roberts
Graham lives near Portsmouth. He works for a local authority and
has been instrumental in persuading many local organisations in
Sussex and the south of England to make provision for swifts. He
also has his own research project based on the swift colony in his
house in Portsmouth.
Tel 02392 374790l
Email: graham.c.m.roberts@btinternet.com
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Deborah Lauterpacht
Royston, Herts
Rehabilitation of chicks and injured birds
Judith Wakelam
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Rehabilitation of chicks and injured birds
Mark Smyth
Northern Ireland
Dick Newell
Cambridge, Chairman, Cambridgeshire Bird Club. Nestbox design and use,
multliple louvre boxes in church belfries, survey methodology.
"Swift Champions"
AfS is hoping to extend the informal network
of swift enthusiasts who have been in touch with us over the years,
and are concerned to help with swift conservation.
How can individuals help? By alerting us to developments where an existing swift colony may be under threat.
If you become aware of such a development, whether a private dwelling
or a public building, it helps if you can provide details of ownership,
architect or building firms involved, in fact any details you may
find. Sometimes a phonecall to the local Planning Office or
Biodiversity Officer can yield useful information.
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