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A Wild Carousel: Swifts, Swallows & Martins - Bridgnorth Branch

This link will open on the Shropshire Wildlife Trust website.

Join Julie Cowley, Swift Champion for Shropshire, for a captivating talk on the remarkable journeys of swifts, swallows, and martins — some of the most iconic summer visitors to our skies.

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Swifts and Swallows at Kingcombe Meadows

This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.

Join us for a short talk and an introduction to survey skills for swifts and swallows visiting the buildings at Kingcombe Visitor Centre

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Nightjars

See one of the UK's strangest birds: the nocturnal nightjar. Witness this insect eating summer visitor make odd wing-claps and calls, or even nesting on the floor if you have a good enough eye!
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Species recovery projects

The Wildlife Trusts are working to help species pushed close to extinction and to reintroduce missing keystone species.
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The Swifts of Usk Talk

This link will open on the Gwent Wildlife Trust website.

Talk with Mark Mogford, founding member of Swifts of Usk.

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Swifts in Brecon

This link will open on the South and West Wales website.

Barbara Anglezarke and Pauline Hill will talk about these endangered birds and work to support them in Brecon.

Species

Nightjar

The easiest way to find out if the nocturnal and well-camouflaged nightjar is about is to listen out for its distinctive 'churring' call at dusk. A summer visitor, it is most numerous in…

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Sand martins

Watch out for one of the earliest signs of spring - a swooping, buzzing sand martin. We round up some of the best places to see them around gravel pits, reservoirs and large rivers.
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Willow Swifts and Leaves Workshop

This link will open on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website.

Come and join the Coddiwomplers to create willow swifts and leaves at Carlton Marshes.