Common Ground is a charity that explores the relationship between nature and culture. Apple Day. Parish Maps. New Milestones. Community Woodlands and Orchards.
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4 Jul 2024
A swift leaving its nest under the eves of the Decorator's Centre in Bridport, opposite the Waitrose car park. There's another nest on the opposite side, both of them small gaps between the timber truss & stone wall. It's the imperfections of any building that let nature in.
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2 Jul 2024
#SwiftAwarenessWeek in Bridport began with swift-inspired drawing workshop - moving, mark-making, flying all over @BridportYcc. Many more free creative events to come: eventbrite.co.uk/organizatioโฆโฆ
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@Natures_Voice
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28 Jun 2024
#SwiftAwarenessWeek starts tomorrow. There's loads of events going on around the country - @Natures_Voice has national listings. Here in West Dorset, our swift celebrations begin with Oops Wow art & a poetry walk with Sarah Acton & the Swift Town Poets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/swift-towโฆ
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1 Jun 2024
Blue Plaques for Nature are migrating northwards! This one spotted in Northumberland, in a village that had swifts last year but none this year.They're coming June 22nd to ask new gov to mandate swift bricks in new builds. @RNNMarch @XRLondon @WriterHannahBT #MPforNature
ALT Blue Plaque for Nature on a telegraph pole in Northumberland Village, which reads Swifts were once a common sight and sound of summer here. Can we save them?
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12 Jun 2024
Is scaffolding blocking access to a known swift nesting site?
๐ณ THE LAW IS ON YOUR SIDE
๐ณ Film it. Note the exact location (OS grid ref/W3W)
๐ณ Ring 101 and ask to speak to a Wildlife Crime Officer
๐ณ Ask for an incident number so it's logged
It's an offence to destroy damage or interfere with a nest in nesting season. Scaffolding on #Hooleys #Matlock was doing just that to an active house martin's nest. Thanks to @DerbyshireRCT for acting so promptly. Hoping the house martin family will survive. #RestoreNatureNow
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7 Jun 2024
As #WorldSwiftDay comes to end, we wanted to share the artwork @Kim_Squirrell has been working up for #BridportSwiftTown, a new community campaign to celebrate & help protect these awe inspiring birds.
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4 Jun 2024
Two welcome nest entries at St. Anne's Church, and one #Swift entry at 98 Western Road.
A return to one of the nests in Abinger Place, makes 53 nests discovered in #Lewes so far. Lovely picture of a Swift resting in the nest from the wonderful Jonathan Pomroy, Wildlife Artist.
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7 Jun 2024
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5 Jun 2024
A spectrogram of swift calls recorded in Bridport by sound artist Ezra Grey. The X axis is time, Y is frequency. Ezra is part of #BridportSwiftTown collective of artists creating work to celebrate these wonderful but endangered birds.
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28 May 2024
Arcadia is back for an evening screening in Bridport, part of The Dorset Pavilion project preparing for Venice Biennalle. Come along and join us. eventbrite.co.uk/e/arcadia-sโฆ
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21 May 2024
A great turnout at the Bridport Town Hall to hear Edward Mayer from Swift Conservation with a funny, inspiring & informative talk on swifts. We learnt a lot about how we can begin our Swift Town to celebrate & protect this endangered species @Dorset_NL @DorsetWildlife @BeccyRSPB
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20 May 2024
Roll up Bridport folk.
Tonight along with a host of local conservation groups we launch SWIFT TOWN, Bridport town hall at 7.30 with Edward Mayer from #swiftconservation.
@Dorset_NL
@DorsetWildlife
@CommonGroundLab
Our crowdfunder is now live.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bridportโฆ
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20 May 2024
SUPPORT A SUMMER OF FREE CREATIVE EVENTS TO CELEBRATE & PROTECT SWIFTS!
#swifttown #bridportswifttown crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bridportโฆ
A new community collaboration @RSPBDorset @DorsetWildlife @Dorset_NL @LittleToller @CommonGroundLab
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7 May 2024
The swifts are back in town! Lovely to hear their aerial cries & see their dark wings over Bridport again.
Come along on 20 May to celebrate this year's arrival & find out more about next year's #BridportSwiftTown
@dorsetwildlife @rspb @commongroundlab @bridporttown @DorsetAONB
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26 Apr 2024
Adrian with his @CommonGroundLab hat on has been working with the @DorsetWildlife, @Dorset_NL & town council on a swift project for Bridport.
This is the first event come along and find out what the plans are over the next year or so to help the swifts of Bridport.
#swift
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20 Oct 2020
Looking forward to @CommonGroundLab #AppleDay tomorrow? The #Orchard Garden will be a โgene bankโ for 37 endangered north west cultivars, like this beauty, the Burr Knot. Weโll also be sharing the #apple love & giving 200 trees to #community organisations across the region
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