London's Swifts Hot Links!

Find out lots more - just click on these logos!

The Common Swift Website  The Common Swift - The European Multi-Language Website - an excellent resource

NBN Gateway Link National Biodiversity Network Gateway - find out exactly where Swifts are in the UK

Fundacja Ratujmy Ptaki Fabulous Polish Swift Web Cam site - 4 nests under continuous observation in Szczecin

Oxford University Museum of Natural History  See Swifts in their nests at the famous Swift Tower at the Oxford University Museum

My Bit of the Planet My Bit of the Planet - David Jones' Swift web cam and lots more!

GBN's Web Site  GBN - Dutch Swift site; examples of Swift nest place inclusion in new & re-roofed sites

Woodland Trust's  Seasonwatch The Woodland Trust's Seasonwatch Surveys
Click on the conkers to record your Swifts and watch their migrations on  a moving map display!



Zwaluwen Advice Bureau  The Dutch Swift Advice Bureau - info on using Swift Bricks

The Sand Martin Trust  Building near water? Build a Sand Martin Colony and help these lovely birds!

BTO Bird Track  The British Trust for Ornithology Bird Track- all year surveying

RSPB Home Page  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - the UK's core avian conservation organisation

Buglife - the Invertebrate Conservation Trust  Swifts need insects - help the UK's many threatened invertebrates with Buglife and help Swifts!

SMS Worldwide  Swifts Martins & Swallows Worldwide - the Yahoo! discussion group

Jonathan Pomroy's DIY nestbox & Swift  Jonathan Pomroy is a wildlife artist with his own DIY Swift Colony - take a look!

See Freiburg's Alpine Swifts!  Giant Alpine Swifts sometimes visit London, but they thrive in Southern Europe! See them live!

Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli  Despite legal protection, wild birds are still massacred in Italy - but you can help them!

The AirportWatch CampaignThe campaign against unsustainable airport expansion. Help control the increase in air travel and associated emissions, and help Swifts too, who are often killed by passenger aircraft.

 

Birds of Korea  Korea is draining its major wetlands and wiping out its waterbirds - you can help protect them!


Hans Willemsen's Haarlem Swifts Hans Willemsen's Haarlem Swift Colony web site - one of several in Holland - see below for more!

Peter Middlekoop's Swift Nestbox Live Webcam  See Swift Chicks in the nest! Check out Peter Middlekoop's Swift Nest Box live Webcam

Henk Haan's Colony  Henk Haans' Dutch/English Swift website - all about Henk's personal Swift Colony


Marylebone Birdwatching Society The Marylebone Birdwatching Society - for lectures and outings to great places, fresh air and superb birding

Kent Ornithological Society  The Kent Ornithological Society - find out more about the wild birds of the South East

Green Camden  The Green Camden Site - Well worth watching if you live in London

Martin Grund's Swift Photos  Fascinating images from Martin's colony...

North American Tree Swallow North American Tree Swallows - Great Birds! Find out all you need to know to set up your nest boxes and get good results! 

Chimney Swifts in the USA!  North American Chimney Swifts - different species - similar problems

Vaux's Happening  North American Vaux's Swifts - the West Coast equivalent of the Chimney Swift and fascinating in their own right 

Purple Martins in the USA  All about Purple Martins, one of America's great migrant birds

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