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As newer homes are built or older homes are renovated, empty attic spaces are disappearing – this eliminates a vital refuge for birds and bats during a biodiversity crisis
By Penny Sarchet
A common swift flying up to a nest box
Nick Upton/Alamy
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The bird breeding season is well underway here in the UK now, including inside my house. A brood of starlings is being raised in our loft, and as the days have gone by, tiny squeals have become cheerfully loud squawks. I’m coming towards the end of my maternity leave, so the wellbeing of our avian lodgers has automatically…
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