Calling all swifts
How we are using calls to attract swifts at our Cambourne office
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Help our swifts
Find out how to help swifts in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire and what your Wildlife Trust is doing
Swift
Swifts spend most of their lives flying – even sleeping, eating and drinking – only ever landing to nest. They like to nest in older buildings in small holes in roof spaces.
New homes for swifts in Little Paxton
Now's a great time to put up nestboxes before our swifts return in April/May. Sophie has been inspired by National Nestbox Week and done just that - and it really is pretty straightforward!…
Help our swifts – join our survey
We would like you to let us know where swifts are nesting in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Swift response
In Swift Awareness Week an event at Trumpington Meadows celebrated a newly installed swift box, plus the joyful release of a swift recently recovered from injury
How to identify swifts, swallows, sand martins and house martins
Learn how to identify swifts, swallows and martins. These birds are all summer visitors to the UK. Here's how you can find the difference between a swift and a swallow or work out what kind of martin you could have spotted!
Swift box webcam
Swifts are nesting in specially built boxes at our Trumpington Meadows nature reserve in Cambridge. Watch all the action from Box 3 here.
30 Days Wild - Day Fifteen - Listen for swifts
Keep your eyes on the sky for these amazing, screeching, birds...
Swift Awareness Week 2021
Swift expert Sarah Gibson explores the early life of these brilliant birds.
How to build a swift box
Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…
2019 Swift Survey Results
Ryan Clark tells us about the results of the 2019 three-county swift survey and how you can get involved in 2020