Swift Departures
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2024
Young, non-breeding Swifts investigating nest sites. One tagged individual spent 15 days in Liberia, before flying 5,000km in five days to reach its nesting site in southern England. There are a number of reasons put forward for this, of which the most likely seems to be loss of suitable breeding sites.
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