Scotland has become the first part of the UK to legally mandate swift bricks — hollow-cavity bricks built into walls — in all new buildings, where reasonably practicable. The measure aims to help swifts and other cavity-nesting birds, whose populations have fallen by around two-thirds since the mid-1990s as modern construction has eliminated their nesting sites. At least one nest per dwelling is required.
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Schottland schreibt Mauersegler-Nistziegel in Neubauten gesetzlich vor

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Seit Januar 2026 ist Schottland der erste Teil des Vereinigten Königreichs, der den Einbau von Niststeinen — hohlen Ziegeln mit Einflugöffnung — in alle Neubauten gesetzlich vorschreibt, sofern dies technisch machbar ist. Auslöser ist der Rückgang der Mauerseglerbestände um rund zwei Drittel seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre, da moderne Bauweisen ihre Nistplätze verdrängt haben.

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