#swifts — Public Fediverse posts
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No #Swifts from my kitchen window since August 13th. Saw a couple in the sky a bit to the north of us in Keith on the 15th, but no others since then. I'm guessing they've headed south now. I'll miss their noisy high-speed fly-bys while they are gone.
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I'd pretty much given up on seeing any #swifts today, but a movement outside the kitchen window caught my eye this evening. Five swifts flying round shortly before sunset.
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RSPB: Help Nesting Swifts.
Take Part In Swift Mapper
"We’re taking action to help Swifts. We need your help to look out for nesting or screaming Swifts near you so we can identify nest sites that need protection."
https://www.rspb.org.uk/helping-nature/what-we-do/protecting-species-and-habitats/swift-conservation-take-part-in-swift-mapper#take-part-in-swift-mapper?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=swiftmapper&utm_content=hq&mac=WEBSCM0014#SolarPunkSunday #Birds #BioDiversity #WildLife #RSPB #Nature #Habitat #Swifts
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Good morning. The sky outside our back door is filled with dipping and darting #swifts this morning.
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Sheffield Swift Network Emergency Contacts
"If you find a grounded Swift, Swallow, or House Martin, seek specialist help immediately."
https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/emergency-contacts/#SolarPunkSunday #Birds #BioDiversity #WildLife #RSPB #Nature #Habitat #Swifts #Swallows #Sheffield #UK #SheffieldSwiftNetwork #HouseMartins
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Migrating #swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/migrating-swifts-loyally-return-every-year-nests-buildings-study-finds which makes this: "government in England has repeatedly refused to oblige builders to include a £35 swift brick in every new home." unforgivable...
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I did manage to capture a couple of semi-decent stills of the swifts 😍 #birdsoftheworld #birds #swifts | #kent #england
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On warm, windy and sunny evening watching the #swallows (or are they #housemartins or #swifts ?) weave, duck and dive, before soaring up and disappearing sideways out of view is just pure delight!
I am tempted to turn on one of the irrigation sprinklers on the vegetable patch as I assume it makes insects on the plants fly up into the air and seems to increase the chance that the swallows will stay above our plot for just a little longer.
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From a couple of weeks ago, I was sitting outside enjoying the sunset and after the sky colors faded I got out my longer lens & started taking photos of the crescent #moon. As soon as I started snapping I saw some objects flying through the frame - by pure luck it was some high flying #swifts, their crescent shapes a dark mirror of the moon’s.
#photography #BirdPhotography #birds #serendipity #Catalonia #Spain
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A couple of weeks back I saw 5 swifts here, once. But since then I've only seen two, and I barely see them at all, which is rare. Now there's just one flying around all alone, which I've never seen before. The past couple of years there have been around six, and they've been flying around here together constantly, screaming. I really do get the feeling they removed a bunch of nests when they renovated the buildings in the neighborhood last year. 😞
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Swifts and the Sky Buffet Guided Walk
By Banstead Commons Conservators
Banstead Downs
Sunday, June 28 • 11 AM - 1 PM
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swifts-and-the-sky-buffet-guided-walk-tickets-1990784031629#SolarPunkSunday #Swifts #Birds #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #SwiftAwarenessWeek #BansteadSwifts #BansteadCommonsConservators
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RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/116381708250536936
During #WorldSwiftWeek and every week... Don't be like these folks!
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Swift Awareness Week
Saturday 27 June to Sunday 5 July 2026
https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/swift-awareness-week#SolarPunkSunday #Swifts #Birds #WildLife #Nature #BioDiversity #SwiftAwarenessWeek #RSPB
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Sheffield Swift Network
"Tell us about your brick and box residents"
https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/tell-us-about-your-brick-and-box-residents/#SolarPunkSunday #Swifts #Birds #Sheffield #SheffieldSwiftNetWork
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Sheffield Swift Network
"It is essential that we preserve swift nests, as nest loss is the main reason for swifts’ drastic decline."
https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/blocked-nests-during-breeding-season/#SolarPunkSunday #Swifts #Birds #Sheffield #SheffieldSwiftNetWork
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Die Mauersegler kommen tiefer herunter und ich kann sie zum ersten Mal in diesem Jahr hören! Ich liebe ihr Sirren!
Gerade kommt Gurrkhardt zur Ablösung ans Nest. Kurz versichern sich die zwei Alttiere gurrend ihrer Zusammengehörigkeit und dann fliegt Gurrsula eilig los um endlich zu frühstücken.
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Die Sonne kommt durch, es sind jetzt 20°C!
Ein einzelner Halsbandsittich kommt laut krächzend aus Richtung City, parkt in der Birke und putzt sich.
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#pigeons #swifts and a #parakeet -
FFS! 😡 Anger as #swifts’ nesting holes in #Derbyshire rail #viaduct ‘blocked up’
Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment
Patrick Barkham
Fri 10 Apr 2026"Network Rail began work on the refurbishment of the 160-year-old viaducts last summer while swifts were nesting. An ecological report, commissioned by Network Rail and not required by law, found no evidence of nesting swifts.
"This claim was challenged by swift watchers, who assembled 38 pieces of evidence they said showed at least nine nest sites on the viaducts. Network Rail later accepted there were swift holes and said it had worked around the nesting birds.
"British Transport Police’s wildlife crime team was investigating whether nesting birds may have been disturbed, after the refurbishment work was reported to the police by campaigners last summer."
#UKPol #AnimalCruelty #WildlifeCrimes #CitizenScience #BirdWatching #Wildlife #HumanIgnorance
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#Birdwatching at #GlassonDock. Solitary & beautiful #Avocet at Pinkerton Hide, #Swallows and #Swifts at the Dock. Crested #Grebes usually seen in the Basin but not this time. A great day with the birds. #birdwatchingmagazine
