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Take-Off! A Swift leaves its nest box in Denmark - our fastest bird in level flight! 

Photo © Inger Lund


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!


They're over the Congo now!

Our Swifts left us at the end of Summer to head South. A couple of days flight took them over Spain, then they flew down the coast over Morocco and Mali and then through West Africa to reach the Congo in September, where they spend most of the Winter.

Swifts have shared our buildings ever since the Romans came to Britain. They still breed in our eaves and gables, but won't be for much longer, as modern and renovated buildings exclude them. Tragically, we have lost over half of our Swifts in just the past 25 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.
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Swift Conservation News News

  Local help with private nest box projects Local Experts & Groups

 

 

See Our Videos! Videos

  See Our Leaflets! Useful Leaflets

 

 

D I Y Nestboxes D I Y Nestboxes

  Buy Our Swift Call CD! Swift Call CD's & MP3's

 

 

Swift First Aid & Care First Aid & Care  

  Nest Boxes & Bricks Nestboxes, Books & more!


Architects, Developers & Builders

Swift Bricks Leaflet  Build for Swifts! Download our leaflet all about Swift Bricks!

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

Installing Swift Nest Boxes?

See our Shopping Page or
D-I-Y Swift nest box  Click on the Swift to download a DIY Swift nest box pattern

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

Need advice?  -  contact Swift Conservation I need advice about Swifts

We provide support throughout the UK & Europe

 Wildbird Law - for the detail click here

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If you would like to support our work, please donate via the link below to our secure payment site - Thank You!


Our talks are now online on "ZOOM"

Make contact with Swift Conservation for more details about how to book and set up a talk with us - see below

See our recent Swifts Talk on You Tube - Click here
See our interview with The Urban Birder  - Click here

* Download ZOOM metings software free here

    
Click here to book a talk or presentation  Want to set up a ZOOM online talk with us? Our fees are now 25% lower, and there's no travel expenses either! Enquiries - Click on the Swift!



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

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and see migration in action!



Use the new RSPB Swift Mapper App!
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Support the BTO's  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
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