Conservationists emphasise importance of protecting nesting sites used by ‘strongly faithful’ red-listed species ...

Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the region. It is part of the Save our Swifts campaign which is being launched by ...

The European swift engages in behaviours very different from those of other, more ‘normal’ birds, and yet when it comes to nesting, there's no place like home ...

Chimney swifts are very fast fliers and spend most of their lives in midair. They eat, drink and mate while flying, only stopping to raise young. They even take their baths in flight by dipping in a ...

Residents in one Dyfi Valley town are celebrating as the first swift couple has taken up residence in some recently installed ...

Swifts need two things. Safe, dry, nest holes high up on walls and lots of flying insects to eat—but both are in decreasing supply. Studies show that these bricks work. Swifts are attracted to them ...

Swift bird in flight with a colorful sky in background. Black swallow. Image with copy space.© Marco Lissoni/Shutterstock.com Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the ...

SAN LUIS VALLEY, ALAMOSA COUNTY — The sun was not up yet, but Rob Sparks and Colin Woolley were changing into their waders and rubber boots before heading on a short hike on a recent summer morning.

Tallinn residents are spotting unusually large numbers of swallows and swifts this summer, a surge bird ecologist Marko Mägi ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – For decades, Portlanders have enjoyed the spectacle of tiny wings circling a chimney at Chapman Elementary School during the Vaux’s Swifts annual fall migration. This event ...