Swift Sightings.... RSPB Swift Survey

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A Little TLC — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:25:46 GMT

They are my favorites :) love love love 'em!!!!!!!!

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Mrs Dot Dot — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:21:49 GMT

**Bump**

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emmadilemma — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:44:38 GMT

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If anyone has an interest in birds and knows of any swift nesting places, or swift sightings, please take a few minutes to log your information on the following link for the RSPB

http://www.rspb.org.uk/applications/swiftsurvey/default.aspx

an amazing bird that is at risk................

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Im not sure if i have swallows or swifts around my house is there an easy way to tell the difference? They such fast wee buggers it`s hard to get a good look at them.....

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Emma... you probably have both but swifts are really fast and really noisy..... black/brown, screaming and whizz past or above you!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/swift/index.aspx

Have a look on the RSPB bird id page to see if that helps.... they have a recording of them as well......

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Cheers for that yeah i think mine are swifts actually...reckon i would have noticed the red if they were swallows. Will fill out the survey later

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Emma Purnell — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:04:13 GMT

I rehabbed 2 last year, they are lovely birds. Done!

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:18:37 GMT

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If anyone has an interest in birds and knows of any swift nesting places, or swift sightings, please take a few minutes to log your information on the following link for the RSPB

http://www.rspb.org.uk/applications/swiftsurvey/default.aspx

an amazing bird that is at risk................

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Im not sure if i have swallows or swifts around my house is there an easy way to tell the difference? They such fast wee buggers it`s hard to get a good look at them.....

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Emma... you probably have both but swifts are really fast and really noisy..... black/brown, screaming and whizz past or above you!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/swift/index.aspx

Have a look on the RSPB bird id page to see if that helps.... they have a recording of them as well......

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BexJ — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:42:26 GMT

We had one brought in to our hospital today and they had had it in their house for 2 days, was tin and exhausted but other than that it was NAD, going to the wildlife hospital now for rehabilitation, so beautiful :-)

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Sal the 1st — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:33:33 GMT

filled in - was watching some just yesterday catching flies over the reservoir

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Dippy — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:19:59 GMT

If you're into wild birds Mrs Dot Dot, we had a family of resident kestrels on the opposite side of the valley in Cyprus this year too - the youngster (who appeared to be doing his maiden flight lessons when we first arrived) was even noisier. He'd come out for a fly every afternoon and land on the pergola of the house across the road from us. I actually commented that he needs to lkearn to be a bit quieter if he hopes to catch anything!

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Dippy — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:15:37 GMT

We have them in our village too but usually only see/hear them late evening around dusk when I'm walking the dog and then they're really noisy! Have done the survey btw.

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emmadilemma — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:12:04 GMT

[quote user="Mrs Dot Dot"]

If anyone has an interest in birds and knows of any swift nesting places, or swift sightings, please take a few minutes to log your information on the following link for the RSPB

http://www.rspb.org.uk/applications/swiftsurvey/default.aspx

an amazing bird that is at risk................

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Im not sure if i have swallows or swifts around my house is there an easy way to tell the difference? They such fast wee buggers it`s hard to get a good look at them.....

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:51:14 GMT

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Not relevant to this as non-UK but am just back from Cyprus 9again!) and we had literally dozens of them dive bombing our infinity pool on the hillside late afternoon every day for a drink. Very cool

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That sounds amazing .... I love hearing their screams... for me the beginning of summer is when I first hear them back in the uk, 1st May, and the end of summer is when they disappear, usually around the 1st August.........

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Dippy — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:32:36 GMT

Not relevant to this as non-UK but am just back from Cyprus 9again!) and we had literally dozens of them dive bombing our infinity pool on the hillside late afternoon every day for a drink. Very cool

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Kim Buckley — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:31:56 GMT

Get loads in my town. You hear them screaming up the high street when you are sat in a beer garden :)