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    Alpine swifts in Tuttlingen, Germany

    Good morning, the first Alpine swifts in the tower returned yesterday. They have never been there this early :) (The colony has been in existence since 2000, not 2020 as I wrote in my post above).
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    Alpine swifts in Tuttlingen, Germany

    I am happy to present you the webstream of the Alpine swifts in Tuttlingen, Germany: Alpensegler Tuttlingen The movable webcam is situated in the steeple of the Stadtkirche. Alpine swifts have been nesting there since 2020 and by now 40 of 50 nests are in use regularly. More than 200 birds...
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    First swift returned on cam in Israel

    Three days ago the first common swifts 2023 arrived in Israel. You can visit them at FRIENDS OF THE SWIFTS and Amnonn Hahn Live Stream as usual (actually they are out hunting): Swift stream So just a few weeks, and they will be back here in Europe as well :)
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    Swift Box Noise Problem

    I know of many successful settlements of common swifts that were only made possible by playing their calls. I myself succeeded at a very rurally situated house, in the vicinity of which no swifts were resident for several kilometres. Without the calls, a settlement would never have taken place...
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    Hello from Germany

    Hi Harry, the idea of the petition regarding "swift bricks" is very good! Since several years the population of swifts is decreasing steadily, mainly because of missing nesting opportunities.
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    Hello from Germany

    Thanks for your warm welcome! Harrybongo, in Germany it is forbidden to destroy the nests of swifts or swallows, and if a refurbishment of a house is planned the owners need to wait until the birds finish their breeding season. If the nests cannot be conserved, in exchange alternatives need to...
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    Hello from Germany

    I am glad to find this forum. As fas as I can remember I have always been interested in animals, and since several years specially in swifts and swallows. Here in Germany we only have two kinds of swifts, the common swift and in the southern part also the bigger alpine swift. Since 2016 I tried...
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