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You
have found a fallen Swift 
Don't throw it in the air- Don't feed it - Don't
delay
1.
Put your Swift in a quiet, warm, safe, calm & clean environment - a
ventilated shoe box is ideal
and put it somewhere away from any disturbance. See photo on the right - the Swift is calm
2.
Take a photo and if you can, weigh the bird too - you can assess its age using the photos below
3. Give it water by running a wetted
cotton bud around the edge of the beak avoiding the nostrils
4. Measure the Swift's wing length (see photo below). It can only
fly if its wings are each at least 16cm long
5. Don't try and care for the Swift yourself. It is high-risk, difficult, expensive and time-consuming
6. Contact a Carer from the list below; give them information about your Swift; get the Swift to them ASAP
The
distance to measure is shown as a red line on the photo on the left
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Swift
chick at 2 weeks old - it weighs
38 grams |
Swift
chick at 3 weeks old - it weighs 45 grams
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Swift
chick at 4 weeks old - it weighs 50 grams |
Swift
chick at 6 weeks old - it weighs 44 grams
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Call a UK Swift
Carer - providing competent
advice,
treatment and care
The
individuals, charities and organisations below may be able to assist:
NB: These are all independent care providers. Where we can we
check on their abilities and procedures, but unfortunately this is not
always possible.
E-mail and Internet web page links are underlined
Cheshire -
RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre,
London Road, Nantwich CW5 7JW Open 08:00 to 20:00
(21:00 May to Sept) Call 0300 1230722
Cumbria - Kendal College Animal Rescue Milnthorpe Road, Kendal LA9 5AY telephone 01539 814700 Monday to Friday only
Derbyshire - Pet Samaritans - St Bernard's Animal Sanctuary & Wildlife Rescue Centre, Chesterfield S41 9EA - call 01246 455777 / 07872421878
Devon (edge of Somerset) North Combe, Shillingford, Tiverton - L Goss - Call 07732 943781
Dorset (West) West Dorset House Martin Rehabilitation, Dorchester - Call 07377 632992 or e-mail using the link
Essex (Basildon) - Natures 2nd Chance Wildlife Rescue click here to e-mail
Hampshire - Hart Wildlife Rescue Unit 9 Lower Soldridge Business Park, Soldridge Road, Medstead, Alton GU34 5JF
Hampshire - Wildlife
Rescue
- Ringwood - Please phone 01425 477500 /
07765 327558
Hertfordshire - Wildlife Welfare - Please phone 01438 313526
Hertfordshire - C Nuttall - Aylesbury & Hemel Hempstead - Click the link to e-mail or telephone 07917 877333
Isle of Wight - IOW Wild Bird Rehabilitation 31 Love Lane, Cowes PO31 7ET - Click the link to e-mail or 'phone: 07765 564 479
Kent - Folly Wildlife Rescue, Broadwater Forest Wildlife Hospital, Fairview Lane, Broadwater Forest, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9LU telephone 01892 543 213
Kent - Tonbridge & surroundings areas - Gabo Wildlife - telephone 07470 857171
Lancashire (South) - Bolton & Bury Swifts - please Call/Text/WhatsApp 0755 7796508
Lincolnshire (South) M Sutherland - Click the link to e-mail
/ 'phone 07947 664811
London Wildlife Protection 07909 795064 If you find a sick or injured bird call the Emergency helpline between 9am and Midnight
Manchester (Greater) - Bolton & Bury Swifts - please Call/Text/WhatsApp 0755 7796508
Norfolk (South) Alex Prendergast - Text /WhatsApp with photos to 07585 987316
Nottingham & Derby - Feline & Wildlife Rescue - Click the link to go to their website and make contact (also on Facebook)
Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue, Woodway Road, Blewbury, Oxfordshire, OX11 9HW - Call 07549
322464
Scotland - Aberdeenshire The New Arc, Nether Auquhadlie, Auchnagatt, Ellon AB41 8UW Click the link to e-mail or call 07813 304874
Scotland (Highlands) - Blue Highlands Avian Conservation Centre - 1 Golf Road, Brora KW9 6QS, 0797 584817
Somerset - RSPCA West Hatch Wildlife Hospital - Taunton TA3 5RT Open 08:00 to 21:00 Call 0300 123 0721
Somerset - Secret World Wildlife Rescue, New Road Farm, New Road, East
Huntspill, Highbridge,TA 3PZ Telephone 01278 783250
Suffolk - Framlingham - Call, Text or WhatsApp Zoe Crossley 079 555 13713
Sussex (East) WRAS Wildlife Rescue, 8 The Shaw Barn, Whitesmith, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6JD telephone 0781 507 8234
Sussex (West) A Ingram, (Horsham) please e-mail or call 0791 9090194
Sussex - Brighton,
S Whitworth & J Leadbetter - Click the links to e-mail
/ 'phones 07715 681662 / 07480 841000
Sussex (East) Wildlife A & E, Unity Cottage, High Cross, Rotherfield, Crowborough TN6 3PX telephone 0770 957 4665 e-mail - click here
Surrey
Wildlife Aid Foundation - Randalls Farmhouse, Randalls Road, Leatherhead KT22 0AL Hours: daily 9am – 8pm
- Click the link for details
Surrey - H Finden-Brown - Call 07977 911985 or 01483 767209
Warwickshire - Nuneaton Swift Care - 07508 332 241 (please text or leave a message if there is no answer)
Wiltshire
Wildlife Hospital, New Farm, 1 Amesbury Road, Newton Tony, Nr.
Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0HW Call - 0785 0778752 (24 hours)
Yorkshire (North) Wildlife Haven, Thirsk
01845 526 567 www.facebook.com/thewildlifehaven
Yorkshire - Leeds Swifts 07778 768719 leedsswifts@gmail.com
Yorkshire (West)
B
Thorne
- Ilkley - Can transport birds to local
carers - Click the link to e-mail
/ 'phone 01943 816488
Transport of injured and sick wildlife (a nation-wide service) UK Wildlife Transporters - click on the link
Ask your Vet or the RSPCA -
they may be able to help, they may know of local
wildlife carers
Consult these 2 Facebook Pages
- for
advice, guidance, photos - click on the Swifts 
In Europe,Turkey, South Africa & beyond contact these Swift
Carers
who provide advice & treatment & care
Siranush Tumanyan (Armenia) Lynda
Huxley
(Eire)
Refuge de L'Arche de Noe,
Saint-Joseph des Genêts, 53200
Château-Gontier, Mayenne, France 0033 2 43 07 24 38
Les Martinets d'Azur - Nice, Provence, France
Friends of the Swifts Sde Boker 39 Givatayim 5346559, Israel 0505-460371
Silvana
di Mauro
(Regione di Trieste) Oriana
Ferrandino (Regione di Abruzzo)
Hilde
Matthes
(Frankfurt am Main)
Enric
Fuste
(Catalunya)
Andalusia
/ Andaluza Centros de Recuperatión de Especias Amenazadas
Almería
CREA La Almohallas 670
94 45 92
Cádiz
CREA
Dunas de San Antón 670 94 61 98
Córdoba
CREA Los Villares 670 94 79 01
Granada
CREA El Blanqueo 670 94 56 99
Jaén
CREA
Quiebrajano 670 94 62 63
Málaga
CREA Pecho
Venus 670 94 45 98
Sevilla
CREA
San Jerónimo 670 94 15 92
Extremadura
Provincia
de Badajoz -
AMUS (Acción por el Mundo Salvaje) 924
12 40 51
Provincia
de Cáceres - Centro de Recuperación de Fauna "Los Hornos"
927 20 01 70
Wiecej informacji na temat jerzyka, kwestii zwiazanych z jego gniazdowaniem oraz
innych wskazowek mozna uzyskac na
stronie
Fundacji Ratujmy Ptaki e-mail: Warszawa ,
e-mail
Szczecin
Johannesburg - South Africa - Friends of Free Wildlife website, telephone 082 701 8318 and e-mail
Gökçe Coşkun - wildlife rehabilitation (Turkey)
Advice
for
Vets You
can contact
these advisers listed below for full guidance on professional care
for Swifts
S
Hart : Please 'phone 0161 798 7122
or e-mail
here M Sutherland : Please
'phone 07947 664811 or e-mail here
Essential
reading for Vets and licensed wildlife rehabilitators
"The
Hand-rearing of Common Swifts" - download this article by
Hilde Matthes & Gillian Westray. It gives detailed care instructions
Christiane Haupt's "Hints for Vets"
- Swift condition and injury assessment, diagnosis and
surgical procedures
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