You may hear the distinctive twittering call of a swift bird before you look up to see it flying above. Swift Birds Roost in Large Numbers Up to 35,000 Vaux’s swifts may gather in one site when ...

Swifts migrate to the UK from Africa each year, and only spend a few months with us while their raise their chicks.

A government committee is due to consider an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which could make so-called "swift bricks" - which provide homes for a variety of cavity nesting birds - ...

Can you do anything for 10 months straight without stopping? No, humans aren't set up for that sort of thing. But when it comes to endurance, the swift bird takes the crown. Biologists have discovered ...

Serena, the turkey who loves listening to Taylor Swift, is working with her new rescue home, Farm Sanctuary, to promote the organization's Adopt a Turkey Project.

Plastic boards were being fitted to the eaves of homes on the Bridgehill Estate, which is home to one of the North East's ...

Local bird experts are calling for the preservation of the swift population in Northern Ireland. Bird groups have recorded a 66% reduction in breeding swifts across the UK in the last 30 years.

Thanks to new technology, researchers have discovered that the common swift flies 10 months a year without landing, setting a world record for uninterrupted time aloft.