Swifts

Swifts and their conservation in Surrey

Please don’t abandon BirdTrack https://www.btosurrey.co.uk/surveys/bird-track/ but, if you know of swift colonies in Woking Borough, Guildford Borough, or Croydon, please do get in touch with the following projects. They would love to hear from you.

Swifts in Woking

During 2019 Woking Borough Council and Thameswey Ltd. ran several community projects to build swift boxes for the Woking area. They had a fantastic response to an appeal for nest box hosts, with over 80 people coming forward to host one on their home! If you see a swift in the Woking Borough Council area, please send the record to .

Guildford Swifts

To report records for the Guildford Borough Council area please e-mail the Guildford Swift Project
at . You can find out more information at https://www.facebook.com/
guildfordswiftproject

Swifts in the Croydon area

Croydon RSPB would like people to report sightings of swifts in the Croydon area. This will allow them to monitor where they can be found. Please email Croydon RSPB at with information about when and where you saw your swifts, along with number of birds. Also telling Croydon RSPB about what the birds were doing could help them to establish whether the swifts are potentially nesting somewhere local; birds flying into the eaves shows there is a nest there, while birds screaming around a rooftop would suggest there is a territory nearby. Those wheeling around high up may either be feeding or trying attract a mate and some will simply be passing through. Croydon RSPB can use this information to help decide what to do next.