Mailer Swift

If you happened to be walking through the underpass at Hogarth's roundabout on a dark, rainy night yesterday, you might have wondered exactly what was going on when a big group of damp people met somebody holding a large cardboard box. Something wild, you may have thought...

Well, you'd be right! Last night we ran to meet Jo from Wild Chiswick, who had asked us to come and help spread the word about the work they're doing for local swifts.

These lovely little birds are on the red list, which means they are vulnerable to extinction. They've been spotted in the local area, so Wild Chiswick have leaped into action to help protect them. They want to install as many swift nesting boxes across Chiswick as possible, but they need suitable places to put them. Our job was to put as many leaflets through as many doors in a certain area as we possibly could in a bid to get people to offer them a home.

So after splitting into two groups, those who opted for running and those who'd prefer to walk, we grabbed our piles of information leaflets and carefully highlighted maps, and got started.

There is something quite satisfying about efficient leaflet delivering, and as we worked though our pile in our well practiced method, we only paused to admire some beautiful local cats and one well preserved mural that was created in celebration of Charles and Diana's wedding (which makes it older than some of our members!).

Before long the two groups converged again, having successfully spread the word about the importance of saving the swifts far and wide. Well done everybody!

Don't forget about our new weekly task helping out at Hounslow FoodBox. See you all next week for some more doing good and keeping active!