Built-in bricks for Swifts

Vivara Pro’s Built-in bricks swifts provide practical, easy to use, and architecturally integrated solutions that create safe and permanent nesting spaces for swifts within modern buildings. Swifts are remarkable migratory birds that depend on cavities in walls and eaves for breeding. Unfortunately, these sites have rapidly disappeared due to modern construction methods. Produced in-house, and made in Europe, these nesting bricks combine ecological insight, design precision, and long-term durability, enabling planners, ecologists, and developers to enhance biodiversity directly through the built environment.

Practical, durable nesting solutions for swifts

Developed in close collaboration with ecologists, architects, and wildlife specialists, Vivara Pro’s Built-in bricks swifts replicate the natural nesting cavities used by swifts while fitting seamlessly into contemporary architectural designs.

• Practical design that integrates easily into standard brick or block walls.
• Easy to use and install during both new construction and renovation projects.
• Constructed from robust, weather-resistant materials such as woodstone (also known as woodcrete or wood conrete) for decades of ecological performance.
• Optimised entrance and internal chamber dimensions to meet the nesting needs of swifts.

Each unit has been field-tested for suitability, ensuring that it provides a stable, sheltered, and species-appropriate roosting environment that encourages swifts to return year after year.

Why use built-in bricks for swifts?

Swifts (Apus apus) have suffered a dramatic decline in the UK due to the loss of traditional nesting cavities in older buildings. Integrating Built-in bricks swifts within new developments and retrofit projects helps to address this issue by creating safe, permanent, and maintenance-free nesting opportunities.

• Supports biodiversity net gain (BNG) and local nature recovery strategies.
• Provides compliant, long-term nesting habitats for this iconic migratory species.
• Helps planners and developers meet wildlife protection and sustainability objectives.

For urban planners, ecologists, and local authorities, these built-in solutions offer a reliable, evidence-based way to support swift conservation within housing developments, schools, offices, and public infrastructure.

In-house production – made in Europe for lasting quality

All Vivara Pro Built-in bricks swifts are produced through in-house production and made in Europe, ensuring superior build quality, sustainable materials, and consistency across every unit. Manufactured using eco-friendly, long-lasting materials such as woodstone, these bricks are designed to perform in UK climates while minimising environmental impact. The local European production process guarantees sustainability, reliability, and reduced transport emissions.

Vivara Pro – a trusted partner in nature-inclusive construction

With more than 30 years of experience in nature-inclusive design, Vivara Pro partners with architects, developers, and ecologists to integrate biodiversity into the built environment. The Built-in bricks swifts range embodies this approach — combining scientific research, practical design, and construction expertise to create wildlife habitats that are both functional and visually discreet.

In summary: Vivara Pro’s Built-in bricks swifts are practical, easy to use, produced through in-house production, and made in Europe — delivering durable, architecturally integrated nesting solutions that support swifts, promote biodiversity, and help professionals meet ecological and planning goals across the UK.