They're back over Africa!

Our Swifts have now all left us to head South. A couple of days flight took them over Spain, then went down and round the coast of Morocco and along West Africa to reach the Congo in September

Our Swifts only spend 3 or 4 months each Summer with us, but while they are here they bring spectacular aerial action and excitement to our urban lives! Swifts nesting further North, up to the Arctic Circle, leave later and you may see one or two crossing the UK, even into October. Watch out, especially along the South Coast!

Swifts birds have shared our buildings ever since the Romans came to Britain. They still breed in our eaves and gables, but not for much longer, as modern and renovated buildings exclude them. We have lost over half of our Swifts in just the past 20 years

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 thrive

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