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Nik of Kent

Fun! Fun! Fun! Nik Mitchell who works across Kent helping Swifts,
directs the fitting of new nest boxes in Ramsgate - they have already been visited!

Photo © Nik Mitchell


Swifts over Barcelona - providing free Drama and Action!
Photo © Laurent Godel

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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!  

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UK Power Networks Albury Swift Nest Box Team - see our NEWS page
Photo © UK Power Networks


2003 to 2025
22 Years of Helping Swifts

  It's February - Our Swifts are now feeding on the rich insect life over the Congo!

Igor Fefelov

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.
Breeding in Siberia and Northern China, Pacific Swifts migrate to the South Pacific, spending the winter over Indonesia, Borneo and Australia

Photo © Igor Fefelov


We visit a Danish Swift colony

Bruno Lillefors
Painting by Bruno Lillefors

Watch our latest public presentation Here!

See Our Summer 2024 Guest Interview
Here!

See our local London Swifts
Here!
These are the Swifts that nest in our roof!


Contents Page CONTENTS

  Projects Page PROJECTS

Swift Conservation News NEWS

  Local help with private nest box projects LOCAL HELP

See Our Videos! VIDEOS

  See Our Leaflets! OUR LEAFLETS

D I Y Nestboxes DIY NESTS

  Buy Our Swift Call CD! SWIFT CALLS

Swift First Aid & Care FIRST AID

& Carers List

For advice if you find a fallen Swift - click here

  Nest Boxes & Bricks SHOPPING

     Nestboxes & more!


Architects, Developers & Builders

Swift Bricks Leaflet  Download our leaflet all about Swift Bricks

Swift Bricks Leaflet The Universal Swift Brick  ideal for Swifts & small birds


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



Teachers - Start a Swift Project!
D-I-Y Swift nest box  Click on the Swift to download our latest leaflet just for Schools!


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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
D-I-Y Swift nest box  Click on the Swift for a DIY Swift nestbox design


Need advice?
for casualties go to Swift First Aid & Care

anything else contact Swift Conservation

We provide support throughout the UK & Europe

Wildbird Law - for the detail click here



Donations - Thank You!

We are "not for profit" - We draw no salaries and our modest aim is to cover our costs while helping Swifts to the best of our ability. If you would like to support our work please click HERE to donate


Our 2025 talks
Book your places now!


12 March - Sustainable Crediton, Devon
22 March - The Mill, Walthamstow
26 March - Abingdon Swifts
8 April - NE London RSPB Group
9 April - Shepperton
12 April - Barnes Common
8 May - Sustainable Crediton
16 May - Arbroath Swift Conference
20 June - Amberley, Sussex


Click on the underlined text to make contact with the organisers
 
For enquiries about arranging a talk - click on the Swift!
  Click here to book a talk or presentation


Pre-view our talks


See one of our Swifts Talks on You Tube - Click
here
See our interview with David Lindo, The Urban Birder  - Click here
  

Supporting & Enhancing Urban Biodiversity
We provide training for professionals in practical Urban Biodiversity techniques
contact us
for more details I am interested in Biodiversity training


Swift Surveys -
Click on the logos to participate
How to Survey Swifts - download our leaflet here Swift Survey Techniques

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BirdTrack
and see migration in action!





Use the new RSPB
Swift Mapper App!


swift_mapper_icon  Download it here


Support the BTO
 
BTO BBS Survey

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

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