Norwich Swift Network

Please get in touch if you would like a Swift project in your street or church. We have all sorts of solutions for helping these amazing birds. If you can help with hanging boxes that would be amazing too! Found a Swift on the ground? Info here: swift-conservation.org/SwiftFirstAid.…

On a recce visit to #Marsham Church for installing 15 nesting opportunities for #Swifts #NRSwifts we spotted a lovely #BlackRedstart flitting around the roof & tower. A good sign, don't you think? 💚

Who saw #Asia on BBC1 last night? Thousands of #Swifts in a cave in Thailand 💚 But the #catfish also in the cave 😱 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k…

@Norwichbirder Yes a bit of refining the section sizes should resolve the viewing issues on a mobile device, without affecting the appearance on the desktop. 🤞 When you start with a template of another website layout you realise you should have started from scratch 😆

OK first glitch hopefully resolved... New website here 🤞 nswiftnetwork.wixsite.com/norwich-swift Please try again!

@Norwichbirder Ah, thanks James... I havent gone through the mobile version properly yet either. 🙄

Since the clearing of old-growth forests, Chimney Swifts have taken to manmade roosts, instead of hollowed trees and caves. However, 1000+ Chimney Swifts have been found roosting in @UNC's most famous tree. Read more from @AudubonNC: bit.ly/3XMktMV (🎥: Dylan Thiessen)

Switched the tv on and #Swifts still calling in Albert Square! #EastEnders 😆

@TheMorganics @RSPCA_official @ChrisPack716 @paulpowlesland @NorfolkBea @Sueblueocean From the responses, it seems that action is being taken, hopefully it will happen sooner rather than later & any about to fledge swifts can fly safely.

Thanks to @norwichmensshed for making the flatpack nest boxes 👍 If you're looking for a local supplier of swift nest boxes then #headtotheshed!

Spent all day Saturday with some young nature restorers and budding swift fans @NorfolkWT #WildWatch #WilderWardens We looked for Swift nest sites, built nest boxes, made posters, & cardboard life size #NRSwifts - so busy I had no time for photos 💚 >) >)

Another great read from @BBoBillsMothers. Featuring : Unlikely Otters, imminent Beavers, and best of all, (we may be biased) DETERMINED SWIFTS. Get in touch with us @SheffSwiftNet, if you'd like to know how to help us save Sheffield's swifts abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-bi…

Breathtaking views of this Pacific Swift found by @RogerRiddington at Virkie, Shetland today. At times it hawked low over the ground only a few metres away from us. Less than 15 British records of this Asiatic species, but the third consecutive year since 2022 that Pacific Swift has been recorded here in Shetland, with all three records falling between 19 June and 15 July. Surely the same returning individual...🤔

@MarkSmyth1960 😍

It's the final count down. They hatched on June 6th, 38 days ago. In 7 days, they'll be gone Compare that nest period to a robin #apusapus #commonswift #actionforswifts #swiftconservation #saveourswifts

These are the faces of a generation of swifts who don’t have enough nesting habitat to recover themselves as a species without @AngelaRayner Govt Dept mandating swift bricks. With the 1.5M 🏡 Labour could create a legacy or ignore an endangered existence reliant on our 🏡

@Lotty_ONeill Sorry for the late reply, been v busy, water on a qtip or artists paintbrush to the side of the beak... v important to feed insect food only. Lots of info online

Someone in Morocco has found a common swift that has been trapped in a wire beneath their window for days. Due to their location, there are no local wildlife rehabbers and it sounds like the swift is weak. Could any swift rehabbers help with advice?

They fly with forked tails... #Swift #RedKite

I did another talk about helping swifts today, this one at #HethersettBigGreenPicnic & it looks as if we may have initiated a community project there 👍 >) >) >) Get in touch if you're interested in participating. #NRSwifts

@SoSSwifts @David_Goddin @NorwichSwift We only managed to ring one brood of 3 yesterday that were big enough the rest all good but another week for some and some are still just hatching and some sitting , lots of bumpers about play your calls ! @SoSSwifts @swiftsweek @swifts_uk #swifts

Brilliant 👇 I mean, just look at them! 💚

youtu.be/W8NuL5mEpjo >) >) >) 💚