Take-Off! A
Swift leaves its nest box in Denmark - our fastest bird in level
flight!
Photo
© Inger Lund
Unless we help them, Swifts will vanish from the UK. Find out here 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, but sad to say, everywhere they are in decline.
But you can help them, and you can do it personally, all on your own,
or with the help of a few friends and neighbours, and if you can do
D I Y, it will cost you very little indeed.
Read on!
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They're comimg back!
Our
Swifts are leaving Central Africa now to come back to the UK and
Europe to find their old nest places, their partners and to breed.
They have started their return flight. They have moved from the Congo
to Angola, and from there they will fly for days across the sea to
Liberia, where they will feed up for a week or more then take flight
right across the Sahara for three or four days, to feed up again over
Morocco.
From Morocco they will fly non-stop to the UK. They can do this last lap in an incredible two days.
Swifts have shared our buildings ever since the Romans
came to Britain. They still breed in our eaves and gables, but won't be for
much longer, as modern and renovated buildings exclude them. Tragically, we have
lost over half of our Swifts in just the past 25 years.
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