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To mark their return, Lewes Swifts Supporters is internet hosting its annual ‘Celebrating Swifts’ season at Lewes Climate Hub.
Swifts are summer season guests within the UK, largely within the south and east. Spending their winters in Africa, Swifts migrate 3,400 miles twice a yr, stopping off to refuel in locations like Portugal and France alongside the best way.
Lewes hosts 10% of the Sussex inhabitants of Swifts however their numbers have greater than halved since 1995. The Celebrating Swifts season, which runs till 4 May, exhibits how residents can assist these endangered birds – not solely by putting in Swift nest bins however by making small simple modifications to a backyard or inexperienced area.
As effectively as studying the place Swifts already nest in Lewes, everyone seems to be invited assist monitor the native Swift inhabitants’s return as a part of Lewes Swift Watch. Visitors of all ages could make their very own ‘flying swift’ to take home. There’s additionally a Swift Quiz for an opportunity to win a free Swift nest field or synthetic House Martin cup.
Audrey Jarvis of Lewes Swift Supporters mentioned: “The subsequent few weeks are all the time such an thrilling time as we scan the skies for the return of Swifts. Everyone is invited to assist us look out for these superb, red-listed aerial acrobatic birds – and are available to the Hub to learn to assist extra of them nest and breed efficiently in Lewes and past.”
Celebrating Swifts, now and till 4 May, Wed-Sat 11am-3pm, Lewes Climate Hub, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes. Info: www.lewesclimatehub.org.
