A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN WORPLESDON PARISH COUNCIL AND THE GUILDFORD SWIFT PROJECT
Swift’s screaming calls are one of the most evocative sounds of summer, but in many places their calls have fallen silent. Swifts are on the Red List of conservation concern, declining by 62% between 1995 and 2021. The decline is mainly due to the loss of their habitat, and places to nest and breed. Spending their entire life on the wing, the only time they land is when they migrate here from Africa and find a hole in a building where they nest and raise young. Modern insulation and roofing have closed up these holes, leaving the birds with nowhere to go.
Swifts migrate 3,400 miles twice a year. They begin arriving at the end of April and head back to Africa early August onwards. They are in desperate need of our help in order to prevent their extinction.
This is where you come in! Guildford Swift Project has teamed up with Worplesdon Parish Council and are hoping to install swift boxes on houses throughout the community.
We plan to put up as many special swift boxes as we can across the parish, across weekends in May and June 2025. Made of marine ply and a special coating safe for the birds, the boxes last around 10 years.
Swifts mate for life and are nest faithful for their entire breeding life. Let’s bring back the sound of Swifts in the summer skies of Worplesdon.
If interested in helping, by having a box or two, please email:
Leaving your name, email address, telephone number and postcode.
