#ŚląskaSwifts update: a big influx this weekend; don’t think it’s bangers as they’re all flying around pairing up. Meanwhile we have a definite pair in box 9, who are busy bringing in nest material 😻

Lewes Swift Walks 2025! We will be leading our annual #Swift walks around some of the Swift colonies in #Lewes later this month, on Saturday 14th June, Wednesday 18th June, and Saturday 21st June, from 8.00 p.m. to approximately 9.30 p.m. To book: email [email protected]

A wonderful experience at the Cockshut wetlands, #Lewes, this afternoon - 40+ #Swifts screaming over the water and around our heads, accompanied by about 12 House Martins.

We saw larger groups of up to 11 #Swifts screaming around the junction of Western Road, #Lewes, this evening. One entered nest 2 at number 98 and the video shows two Swifts following it - one struggled almost completely inside then fell away and flew off, zooming right past us.

Two to three #Swifts banging at boxes, under eaves, against the walls and into a front porch - in Valence Road, #Lewes, this morning from 11.35-11.50 a.m.

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Rain tonight, but we saw entries to 2 of the boxes in De Montfort Road, 2 #Swifts entered the RH box at the rear Western Road, and one Swift banged at the LH box. Surveyors have now identified ten nest entrances at the top of St. Swithun's Terrace, total now 68 nests in #Lewes.

The Pomegranate #Tree at the bottom of School Hill, #Lewes, is coming into flower again. One of its offspring is doing well too!

At St. Anne's Church we saw one #Swift fly halfway into nest 6 then reverse out again and 5 minutes later two Swifts entered the nest together. Both Swifts returned to nests 1 and 2 in Western Road, #Lewes. The photograph shows the Swifts at King Henry's Road having a snooze.

For the first time since 2021, no Tawny Owl chicks were found in 25 nest boxes monitored by Sussex Barn Owl Group.☹️🦉 A worrying sign, possibly tied to prey shortages. This is being investigated with other groups. Full article here; tinyurl.com/44pakkhk

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Happy World #Swift Day! If you see some Swifts in #Lewes today - let us know where and when!

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Happy moment this evening! Have had my swift box up from Peak Boxes for 3 weeks now , been interest from a pair since installment! Tonight they entered! Lewes Swifts Sussex Birding

At 8.55, when we were standing right underneath the colony in upper Western Road, #Lewes, to show some people where the #Swifts were nesting, one astonished us by flying over our heads and into nest 3. Its partner didn't return until 9.30 p.m.

Home: and there we go again, hopefully the start of our own small colony! Lewes Swifts Sussex Birding BBC Springwatch Save Our Swifts

We spent most of the evening at St. Anne's Church, but we onlysaw one #Swift enter and another exit at nest 1 above the main door. Kevin recorded another active nest at the rear of the High Street, bringing our total to 70 nests in #Lewes.

Sometimes I’m asked ‘why do you care?’ ‘Swifts are one of the oldest species on earth. They spend more time airborne than any other bird yet when they come home they come home to us. They’re on the brink. They just need a brick with a hole in it.’

Some wonderful sights tonight at St. Anne's Church with screaming fly-pasts, some banging by prospecting #Swifts and a new nest 13. New third nest in King Henry's Road too. That makes 72 nests in #Lewes!