Common Swift
Apus apus
This bird can go ten months without landing.
Tracking a Common Swift means being prepared for a very long flight. In a study following birds outside the breeding season, some tagged swifts remained airborne throughout a ten-month period; others made brief stops. A bird that spends so much of its life in the sky still needs somewhere safe to nest when it finally comes home.
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Some tagged Common Swifts remained airborne throughout a ten-month non-breeding period; others made brief stops. This is a joke homepage, not live telemetry. The real page and your internet connection are working normally.
Ten months in the sky. Still needs a home.
A bird that lives so much of its life airborne still needs somewhere to breed. Swifts use nesting spaces in buildings, and renovation can remove those spaces. RSPB's swift work connects nest-site recording, protection, and appropriate nesting provision.
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