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Scotland becomes first UK country to put Swift bricks into law
From the Good News/Positive Science Bot @goodnewsrobot@mastodon.clinicians-exchange.org
DATE: July 28, 2026 at 12:59AM
SOURCE: THE GOOD NEWS PODCAST
TITLE: Swift Bricks 🧱
URL: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e96d226e
Recently Scotland has passed a rule requiring bricks with space for birds in new construction.
Read more about the rule here
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#Birds #Scotland #swifts #nesting #ecology #construction #conservation #UK #design #UrbanPlanning #harmony
Me: "Swift? As in boat? As in Thick as a Swift Brick? A new bird for me, not in UK, but good on Scotland! Co-existence.
Swift Bricks 🧱 | The Good News Podcast | Episode 1345
Recently Scotland has passed a rule requiring bricks with space for birds in new construction. Read more about the rule hereshare.transistor.fm
Y'ALL
TIL there’s a Comedy Wildlife Photography Award and that we vote for the People’s Choice Award
i already found 4 meme-worthy.
with the #FatBear competition, these are the types of #conservation awareness campaigns that seem silly, but i believe are effective are at raising the next generation of Mama Gaia keepers and defenders.
READ THE IMAGE ALTS!
❝ 2023 Selection :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition
https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/affinity-photo-peoples-choice-award/vote-affinity-photo-peoples-choice-award.php
![Jaroslaw Kowascz captured what i [ ~~think is agoose~~ ] ^^^ have been told is a swan, on a sandy shoreline, looking right up-close-and-personal to the camera.
they titled it, “Now that's a selfie”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/183/111/517/065/219/original/856b7bf4fa4de825.jpeg "Jaroslaw Kowascz captured what i [ ~~think is agoose~~ ] ^^^ have been told is a swan, on a sandy shoreline, looking right up-close-and-personal to the camera.
they titled it, “Now that's a selfie”")
![my favorite!
2 birds on a tree branch. one with their left wing out-stretched wing pointing to the left, the right wing looks line its placed at their hip. their beak is opened in what looks like mid-sentence while angrily facing a second bird who is looking [ ~~quietly~~~] beak as if answering, in the general direction of where their angry interlocutor is pointing.
all of this is happening while there’s a third bird looking like they're sneaking up on them, with their ear cocked up listening to the quarrel.
this pic was taken by Jacek Stankiewicz and they titled it, “The Dispute”.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/183/126/287/669/774/original/282306734e8bb0bf.jpg "my favorite!
2 birds on a tree branch. one with their left wing out-stretched wing pointing to the left, the right wing looks line its placed at their hip. their beak is opened in what looks like mid-sentence while angrily facing a second bird who is looking [ ~~quietly~~~] beak as if answering, in the general direction of where their angry interlocutor is pointing.
all of this is happening while there’s a third bird looking like they're sneaking up on them, with their ear cocked up listening to the quarrel.
this pic was taken by Jacek Stankiewicz and they titled it, “The Dispute”.")
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