 Take-Off! A
Swift leaves its nest box in Denmark - our fastest bird in level
flight! Photo
© Inger Lund |
Swifts are
with us for just 3 months each Summer
bringing spectacular action, drama and excitement to our urban skies These amazing birds have shared our buildings ever since the Romans came to Britain. They still breed in our eaves and gables, but not for much longer, as modern and renovated buildings exclude them. We have lost over half of our Swifts in just the past 20 years Unless we help them, Swifts will vanish from the UK. Find out here all about Swifts, why they matter, and how you can help them thrive
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Architects, Developers & Builders
Working with Swifts? Follow these rules 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 Installing Swift Nest Boxes? See
our Shopping Page or
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Our
next public talks - see below! To make contact with the organisers - click on underlined text 28 March Alexandra Palace Visitor Centre 17 April National Archives Kew 26 April Coventry RSPB Group at Baginton Village Hall 21 June Booth Museum Brighton 25 June Tonbridge, Kent 29 June Stroud, Gloucestershire  Want to set up a talk with us? Click on the Swift!
Check out Swift Awareness Week 2019 events Contact the SAW organisers here to have your event listed See the Facebook Page here Connect with the Twitter Page here Click on the logo below to see the map of activities  Swift Surveys - Click on the logos to participate How to Survey Swifts - download our leaflet here  Add your Swift sightings to BirdTrackand see migration in action! Support the BTO's  By participating in the BTO Breeding Bird Survey you contribute to our knowledge of Swifts in the UK |
We have been providing free
advice on how to help Swifts since 2003
Swift Conservation is grateful to 
for its support
swift-conservation.org
name site texts © copyright Edward Mayer 2019 photographs &
illustrations © copyright as indicated