Swifts/Swallows/House Martins

CBCG are undertaking a Calderdale wide survey in 2011 to locate breeding sites of individuals or colonies of Swifts, Swallows, House Martins - and with luck a few Sand Martins! We are anticipating a press release in the near future asking members of the public to report sightings/locations of nesting birds and we may need help from local birders to check some of the reports. In the meantime can you keep it in mind to make a note of any records and during the summer to check out sites you already know of from previous years. We will need a site location and numbers of nesting birds. Rather than publicise nest sites on the blog we are setting up a system to log the information which we can then analyse later. Details to follow. This survey will provide a good basis of information for Calderdale and something we can build on in future years. Hopefully this will lead on to help us find ways of protecting and encouraging these special summer visitors.