We went to the Segovia Swift Festival
Three days of Swiftie Fun!

See the totally amazing

Segovia Aqueduct Swift colony!

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Photo © Edward Mayer

2003 to 2026
24 Years of Helping Swifts!

Photo © Piotr Szczypa

They're nesting!

Right now in June we have 6 Swifts screaming over our garden!

More in the evenings when they have high level get togethers

Others will be on their eggs, in their nests,

starting off the next generation of these stunning birds

Amaze yourself! Watch Swifts this evening!

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
 

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

See our local London Swifts Here!
These Swifts nest in our roof!

Our 2026 talks

Book your place now!

16 June - Brixton Effra Green Streets

3 July Brent Swift Walk

7 July - Hemingford Grey

11 July - Bird Fair at Rutland Water
1 September - Medway RSPB Group (ZOOM)

29 September - Hitchin Swift Action
2 October - EBWS Chelmsford (ZOOM)

7 October - Cameron Bespolka Memorial Talk

Click on the underlined text to contact the organisers 

Click here to enquire about arranging a talk

UK Power Networks Albury Swift Nest Box Team
for more on this story and many others see our NEWS Page

Photo © UK Power Networks

See us on the BBC!
&
We visit a Danish Swift colony

See Our Guest Interview Here!

Painting by Bruno Lillefors

Architects, Developers, Builders

  Download our leaflet all about Swift Bricks

The Universal Swift Brick  ideal for Swifts & small birds

Urban Biodiversity Training

We provide training in practical Urban Biodiversity
techniques, in saving nest places, assessing sites for
biodiversity enhancements,
and in specifying improvements

Contact us for more details
 

Pre-view our talks
See one of our Swifts Talks on You Tube

Click here
See our talk with David Lindo, The Urban Birder

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Nest Site Assessment
     

We can check your building plans or photographs and advise
       on optimal sites for Swift nest bricks and boxes
      Interested in Biodiversity training?
Contact us for more details

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

Pacific Swifts over Irkutsk

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 in 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

Free Nest Site Assessment
We can check your building plans or photographs and
advise on optimal sites for

Swift Nest Bricks and nest boxes

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



Contact us for more details

 

Help With Swift Surveys
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to participate

Add your Swift sightings to BirdTrack and see migration in action!

Use the new RSPB Swift Mapper App!

Download it here

 

Support the BTO's

By participating in the BTO Breeding Bird Survey
you contribute to our knowledge of Swifts in the UK

Wildbird Law

It is well worth while knowing the details

so

please click here

Teachers - Start a Swift Project!
   Click here to download our latest leaflet just for Schools!

 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 or on the red text to donate!

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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