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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Eskosya nagbatas na ang mga bagong gusali ay dapat may nesting bricks para sa mga ibon

TIMES OF INDIA

Noong Enero 2026, naging unang bahagi ng United Kingdom ang Eskosya na legal na nag-uutos ng pag-install ng swift bricks — mga guwang na laryo na nakasalang sa mga dingding — sa lahat ng bagong gusali kung saan ito ay makatwirang magagawa. Ang batas ay naglalagay ng kahit isang pugad bawat tirahan, bilang tugon sa pagbagsak ng populasyon ng swift ng halos dalawang-katlo mula sa kalagitnaan ng dekada 1990.

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