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Just amazing!!! Hugh Pryor's brilliant photo of his local Swifts blasting through the skies over Eynesham - taken one evening just this Summer! Photo © Hugh Pryor  Fun! Fun! Fun! Nik Mitchell who works across Kent helping Swifts, Find out all about these amazing birds, why they matter, and how you can help them Though Swifts only spend 3 or 4 months each Summer with us, while they are here they bring spectacular aerial action and excitement to our urban lives! Swifts breed from Ireland to Beijing, from the Mediterranean and the Middle East right up to the Arctic, and everywhere they are in decline But you can help them, and you can do it on your own, or with the help of friends and neighbours, or through your work, and it will give you great satisfaction and save a species from extinction Read on, and have a go!  UK Power Networks Albury Swift Nest Box Team - see our NEWS Page Photo © UK Power Networks Pre-view our talks See one of our Swifts Talks on You Tube Click here See our talk with David Lindo, The Urban Birder Click here Urban Biodiversity Training We provide training in practical Urban Biodiversity techniques, in saving nest places, assessing sites for biodiversity enhancements, and in specifying improvements Nest Site Assessment We can check your building plans or photographs and advise on optimal sites for Swift nest bricks and boxes 
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2003
to 2025 22 Years of Helping Swifts They've left us! Now they are on their way to the Congo to feast on flying insects, and then over to East Africa for the mid-Winter They will be back next May! Found a fallen Swift? Click HERE! We visit a Danish Swift colony  Painting by Bruno Lillefors See Our Guest Interview Here! See our local London Swifts Here! These are the Swifts that nest in our roof! Our 2025 / 2026 talks Book your places now! 2025 21 September St Paul's Church Clapham 11 December - Tisbury, Wiltshire (ZOOM) 2026 15 January Bristol Ornithological Society (ZOOM) 3 March - Going Wild in Bishop's Castle 16 March Aylesbury RSPB Group 25/26 April Caerwedros, Wales 7 June World Swift Day - Segovia Swift Festival 1 September Medway RSPB Group (ZOOM) 2 October EBWS Chelmsford
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Niblock
plc staff in Ealing being trained in Swift conservation techniques and
applying them to retain existing Swift nests in newly installed soffits Photos © Edward Mayer, Niblock plc and Ealing Residents Association Architects, Developers, Builders
Builders - are you working at a Swift nest site? Follow this guidance 1. Leave existing nest places undisturbed 2. If re-roofing, make new nest access holes to match the old ones exactly 3. New build - internal nest spaces are the best 4. If you cannot do "3 " above, fit external nest boxes Need advice? for casualties go to Swift First Aid & Care anything else contact Swift Conservation We provide support throughout the UK & Europe Wildbird Law It is well worth while knowing the details- please click here
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There are about 118
species of Swifts world-wide. Ours is the "Common Swift", not nearly as
common as it once was, and these are Pacific Swifts (note the white
rump on the bird on the right) photographed near Lake Baikal iin
Siberia by Igor Fefelov. Swift Surveys Click on the logos to participate How to Survey Swifts - download our leaflet here Add your Swift sightings to BirdTrack and see migration in action!  Use the new RSPB Swift Mapper App!  Download it here Support the BTO  By participating in the BTO Breeding Bird Survey you contribute to our knowledge of Swifts in the UK  The Elizabeth Line workers who made and installed their own Wild Bee and Swift nestboxes at their Tottenham Court Road site Photo © Crossrail plc Installing Swift Nest Boxes? See our Shopping Page or Click on
the Swift for a DIY Swift nestbox designDonations? Thank You!
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