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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
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, 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
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2003
to 2024 21 Years of Helping Swifts It's September! Our Swifts have gone. Except for a few late breeders, leaving now, they'll all be on their way to the Congo
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. We visit a Danish Swift colony See Our Guest Interview Click Here! See our local London Swifts Click Here! These are the Swifts that nest in our roof!
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Architects, Developers & Builders
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!  Click on
the Swift to download our latest leaflet just for
Schools! 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
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Our
2024/5 talks -
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3 October - Oxford RSPB Group 7 October - Normandy, Surrey, FONW 10 October - Gravesend Swift Group 28 October - Maida Vale Library 12 November - CFGA AGM (Zoom) 22 November - Sydling St Nicholas, West Dorset 23 November - Bournemouth BNSS 12 March - Sustainable Crediton, Devon 8 April - NE London RSPB Group 9 April - Shepperton 12 April - Barnes Common 26 April - The Mill, Walthamstow Click on the underlined text to make contact with the organisers For enquiries about arranging a talk click on the Swift! 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 Swift Surveys - Click on the logos to participate How to Survey Swifts - download our leaflet here  Add
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