Guardian piece today about swifts with a link to SAW

[Nick Brown]

Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds | Birds | The Guardian 

We now have more than 130 SAW events plus all the ones before and after, a magnificent effort all round.

Nick

UK SAW Coordinator

[Tony Croft]

Well done Nick, I hope you're delighted with this result....you've worked so very hard to chivvy us into these weeks over the years.

THANK YOU!

Sorry we can't do much these days as major health issues with my heart and old age has snook.up on us BUT for the first time in 4 years we have two.of our seven boxes occupied again...it's so wonderful to sit in the garden watching the birds come and go plus we've got screaming parties of 6 to 8 birds swooping trough the garden over the pond!  First time in 4 years having had all boxes full for 40+ years...

We simply love having them back at the house...

Best Regards
Tony & Anne

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[Nick Brown]

No worries Tony and great you have swifts again.
I heard this morning that someone has had a chick fall out of a nest box on his house near here and I guess there will be more......

Nick

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[Laurinda Luffman]

Great to see you being interviewed for this piece, Nick. Lovely interview!

 

FYI everyone – the Guardian newspaper quoted fact/stat is misleading on partner fidelity, since the figure quoted didn’t take account of bird mortality i.e. Swifts which didn’t come back at all.

 

On pair fidelity, the research paper says: Of 55 consecutive year pairings, 94.5% remained faithful and 5.5% divorced.

 

The paper is open access and so I have attached it for anyone who would like to delve into the science.

 

L

 

From: swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com <swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Nick Brown
Sent: 26 June 2026 07:22
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Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds | Birds | The Guardian 

We now have more than 130 SAW events plus all the ones before and after, a magnificent effort all round.

 

Nick

UK SAW Coordinator

 

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[Gill Stacey]

Thanks, Laurinda, I’m relieved to hear that. I’m always telling people that swifts pair for life (unless, obviously, one of them doesn’t make it back on migration). I do stress that they are site faithful, but being faithful to a nest isn't quite so romantic!

Gill

Stroud Swift Group

On 26 Jun 2026, at 18:01, 'Laurinda Luffman' via swiftslocalnetwork <swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Great to see you being interviewed for this piece, Nick. Lovely interview!

 

FYI everyone – the Guardian newspaper quoted fact/stat is misleading on partner fidelity, since the figure quoted didn’t take account of bird mortality i.e. Swifts which didn’t come back at all.

 

On pair fidelity, the research paper says: Of 55 consecutive year pairings, 94.5% remained faithful and 5.5% divorced.

 

The paper is open access and so I have attached it for anyone who would like to delve into the science.

 

L

 

From: swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com <swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Nick Brown
Sent: 26 June 2026 07:22
To: swiftsloc...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [SLN] Guardian piece today about swifts with a link to SAW

 

Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds | Birds | The Guardian 

We now have more than 130 SAW events plus all the ones before and after, a magnificent effort all round.

 

Nick

UK SAW Coordinator

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