Giving Burnham's swifts a home
Barbara Polonara helps to give Burnham's swifts a home as part of the Nextdoor Nature project
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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How to identify swifts, swallows and martins
Get some top tips for identifying our summer visitors - swifts, swallows, house and sand martins.
Swifts - masters of the skies
Barbara Polonara
Guest blog: celebrating swifts, masters of the skies
For Swift Awareness Week, swift expert Sarah Gibson explores the early life of these brilliant birds.
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.
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!
What would wildlife wish for in 2019?
Here are five wishes that some of our local wildlife might make if they had a voice. What do you think wildlife would wish for?
Local Wildlife Sites
Local Wildlife Sites are special places recognised for having high wildlife value or containing rare or threatened habitats and species
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…
Act swiftly! Public asked to help endangered high-flying birds
The Wildlife Trusts & RHS call on gardeners to help swifts, swallows, and martins.
Some protection reinstated for at-risk Local Wildlife Sites
The Government has published a revised version of its National Planning Policy Framework which now includes some reinstated protection for Local Wildlife Sites following a campaign supported by 25…
Countdown for Wildlife. Act swiftly to help reverse the decline of nature in England
The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust is asking everyone who wants to see nature’s fortunes improve to act swiftly and respond to Government consultations on farming and planning, which end…