News: Swifts

A swift (a mainly brown bird with slightly paler underside to the wings, scythe-like wings and a short forked tail) about to enter a nestbox on the side of a building.

Building a home for swifts

Tuesday 5 December 2023

North Wales' largest housing association Adra, in partnership with North Wales Wildlife Trust, are installing swift boxes on a Bangor housing estate whilst undertaking external renovation…

Swifts

A swift, a small bird with scythe shaped wings, silhouetted against a bright white cloudy sky.

Dramatic swift decline in Wales

Monday 24 June 2019

Recent British Trust for Ornithology report suggests the rate of decline of Welsh swifts has accelerated.

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