pa0043 sub dublin swift conservation group.pdf

7/24/2019 PA0043 SUB DUBLIN SWIFT CONSERVATION GROUP.pdf

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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Rcf:

Your Ref:

Dublin Swift Conservation Group

C/0 Helen Burke

483 South Circular Road

Rialto

Dublin 8

8th October 2015

Dear Madam,

Re: Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric

Hospital, Innovation Centre and Family Accommodation Unit at St

James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght Connolly

Hospitals and Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

An

Bord Pleamila has received your recent submission in relation to the above mentioned proposed development and will

take it into consideration in its detenninationof the matter. A receipt for the fee lodged is enclosed.

The Board will revert to you in due course with regard to the matter.

Please be advised that copies of all submissions observations received in relation to the application will be made

available for public inspection at the offices

of

Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County


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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your

Ref:

Paul O'Neill

National Paediatric Hospital Development Board

C/0 G.V.A. Planning Regeneration

Floor 2, Seagrave House

1 9 ~ 2 0 Earlsfort Terrace

Dublin 2

5th October 2015

Dt>.ar Sir,





Enclosed for your information is a copy

of

submission(s) received by the Board in relation to the above mentioned

proposed development.

fyou have any queries in relation to the matter please contact the undersibtned officerof the Board.

Please quote the above mentionedAn Bord Pleamlla reference number in any correspondenceor telephone contact with


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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

PA Reg Ref:

Your Ref:

Chief Executive Officer

Dublin City Council

Civic Offices

Wood

Quay

Dublin 8

5th October 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re:

Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric




An Bord

Pleam11a

Enclosed for your information are

two

copies

of

submissions received

by

the Board

in

relation to

the

above mentioned


Please ensure that a copy

of

each submission is available for public inspection at the offices

of

he planning authority.

f

you have any queries

in

relation

to

this matter please contact the undersigned officer

of

the Board. Please quote

the

above mentioned

An

Bord Pleanala reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.


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Our Ref: 29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your Ref:


Fingal County Council

County Hall

Main Street

Swords

County Dublin

5th October 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,


Hospital, Innovation Centre

and

Family Accommodation Unit at St

James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght & Connolly


An Bord Pleanala

t-

Enclosed for your information are two copies of submissions received by the Board in relation

to

the above mentioned


Please ensure that a copyof each submission

is

available for public inspection at the officesof he planning authority.

If you have any queries

in

relation to this matter please contact the undersigned officerof the Board. Please quote the


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Our Ref:

29N PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your Ref:


South Dublin County Council

County Hall

Tallaght

Dublin 24

5th October 2015

Dear Sir/Madam,





An Bord Pleanala

Enclosed

for

your infonnation are two copies of submissions received by the Board in relation to

the

above mentioned


Please ensure that a copy

of

each submission is available

for

public inspection at the offices of the planning authority.

If you have any queries

in

relation to this matter please contact

the

undersigned officer of the Board Please quote

the

above mentionedAn Bord Pleamila reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.


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An Bord Pleanala

64 Marlborough Street

Dublin 1

1.10.15

To whom it concerns,

I wish to make an observation in relation to the development of The National

Paediatric Hospital

at

StJames's. Reference No: PL 29N.PA0043

As

a founder member of The Dublin

wift

Conservation Group I wish to

express my concern

with

regard

to

the existing

swift

colonies

at

StJames's.

StJames's Hospital

is

probably one of

the

last strongholds for swifts

within the

Dublin 8 area.

Swifts diligently arrive back

from

Africa in April

each

year to nest in the tal l

buildings within

the

campus. I have observed swifts swooping and screaming

low

around the roof tops and in the courtyards

of

hospitals 1, 2 4. (

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The good news is that swifts are easy and cheap

to

protect

With a little imagination and

GOO

WILL traditional nest places can be

preserved or reinstated and most excitingly new nest sites can be created.

I have made submissions

to

the development team at StJames's regarding

the

installation of Swift Bricks within the new build. This

is

very simple and will

ensure that swifts have a place to nest

for

the entire lifetime of the building. I

have also suggested that they install spy cameras

within

the bricks. This will

give potential to the live streaming of activity within the nest and would prove

to

be educational and therapeutic

to

the

children especially long stay patients.

Swifts and Hygiene

Swifts leave no mess whatsoever. Unlike swallows, swifts carry the contents of

their nests away and deposit it miles from

their

nest sites. Swifts also have an


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To conclude, I would like

to

make the following recommendations on behalf

of The Dublin Swift Conservation Group:

Any repair works

to

the

roof of

the older buildings should

be

carried

out

in consultation with The Dublin Swift Conservation Group.

No works should be carried out during the nesting season from April

to August Swift nests are protected by law during this period.)

Swift bricks should be installed within the new build along with

built

in cameras for live streaming educational and therapeutic purposes.

I would be much obliged if you would give serious consideration to this

observation.

Yours sincerely


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SWIFT NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH

HOUSE MARTIN

Both have large areas

of

pale

colour

Swifts do not.

Unlike Swallows

and

Martins, Swifts do

not

perch

on

wires.

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There are far fewer Swifts visiting us.

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WHY SHOULD

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They

are

amazing

are

mysterious

are

very very fast

eat

millions

of

insects.

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They eat, drink, preen, sleep

and mate

while flying

Their scientific

name

is

Apus apus

that means

no

foot

no

foot'

Actually,

they

have small

feet

with sharp claws which

they

only use

at

their

nest

site.

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Swifts have been around a

long

time;

one of

their

ancestors who

died

9

million

years ago

was

found

in

Germany.

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They eat flying insects like flies,

mosquitoes, midges,

and

greenflies

as

well

as airborne spiders.

They come

to

Europe each

summer arriving in this

country at the end ofApril

beginning

of May

They make their way back

to

Africa in August

A round

trip

of 1400 miles

Route taken

- - - Assumed route

Ringed Swift recoveries

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They re one of ile

very

beSt fliers

They have very rapid wing-beats:

8wing-beats

p r

second, followed

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gliding

nd

zooming bout

very'high speed .usually

scre ming as they

go

You

will he r nq see creaming

parties' around the houses.

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night

they sleep

as

high

as

3,000 metres

They approach their nests

at

more than 40 miles per

hour

and come

to

a stop

without

slowing down

They do not normally land

on the ground because it

is difficult for them

to

take off.

F MILY LIFE

Swifts usually staywith

the

same partners

for

their

whole lives

They can live for at

least

2

years

Mostly, their nests are

in spaces

under

roofs

and nooks and crannies

in old buildings.

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They catch bits

of

stuff from the air

like feathers leaves

petals

and

pieces

of

paper

then

stick

them

together

to

make a cosy nest for

laying their

eggs

They lay white eggs usually 2

or

3

Both partners take it

in

turns to sit

on the eggs to

keep

them

warm until they hatch

The

eggs

hatch after about 8 days.

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When

the

chicks hatch they

are

blind

and

have

no

feathers

Many times a day

the

male

and

female bring

the

chicks balls

of

300-500 insects collected in a big

pouch

under

the

beak

The chicks

open

their

eyes

about

6 days after

hatching

Their feathers grow and

they

get quite fat.

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Swift chicks in their

nest

Chicks have an area of white

around

their beaks so

the

parents can s them in

the

dark nests.

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The chicks

stop

eating

and

lose weight

before

they

leave

the nest-

you can't fly' if

you

are too

fat

They do push-ups

on

their wings and tails to

make

them

strong

enough

for flying

Once

they

can hold1a push-up for 0 seconds

and

they weigh about45 grams, they are

ready to fly away

They are 6-8 weeks old when

they

leave.

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After they leave the nest, they

keep

flying

for

2 3

ye rs until

they are

ready to find a partner, make a

nest

and

raise a family

The year before they breed,

they

check out a

possible

nest

site by flying

up

to

t

and

having a

look. They are called bangers becausethey bang

against the nest site

Young birds can be

s of

miles

south

only

2 days af ter leaving their nests.

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SO

BOW C NW LL HELP SWIFTS

Leave existing

nest

sites undisturbed

When repairing buildings, make sure

new

access

holes match exactly

the

location

of

the

old

ones

When providing new

nest

sites make internal

nest

spaces, s they last longer

If you can t make internal spaces, put

up nest

boxes

ell Swih onservation Ireland where

you

see

Swifts nesting.

Email: swiftconservationireland@gmail .com

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TYPES O ARTIFICIAL NESTS

The best type

of

nest box is one

that is built nto the structure of

a building

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GMIT Mayo Green Campus

Committee installed 12 nest boxes

for Swifts in 2012. You can visit the

college to see them at any

time

and

you can follow the livestream' from

these nest boxes between May

and August.

Find link on:

swiftconservationireland.ie

or

facebook.com/greencampus.

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AMNONN S STORY

Amnonn worked in a

smelly, noisy, motorbike

garage

in

Israel. He

went

paragliding

in

his spare

time to

be free, in peace and

in the

fresh air. He was

so

good

that

he

reached

the

final

of

a

national competition.

Everyone was losing height.

mnonn

saw some Swifts and

joined

them. There were Swifts all around him,

spirling upwards in a thermal.

He

went up

too; he fell

in

love with them.

He

won the

competition

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has, since then, devoted his life

to

Swif t conservation.

The people of Israel are now very aware of he need to help Swifts.

They

hold

an annual welcoming ceremony

at the

Wailing Wall in

Jerusalem

to

mark

the

start

of the

breeding season.

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SOME US FUL WE SITES

http//swiftconservationirela nd.blogspot.ie

http//actionsforswifts.blogspot.ie

www.swift conservation.org

www.saveourswifts.co.uk

www.commonswift.org

www.concernforswifts.com

www bwi ie

www iwt ie

www.irishwildlifematters.ie

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