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Swift

Swifts spend most of their lives flying – even sleeping, eating and drinking – only ever landing to nest. They like to nest in older buildings in small holes in roof spaces.

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How to build a swift box

Swifts like to leave their nests by dropping into the air from the entrance. This is why they often choose to set up camp in the eaves of buildings. If you have a wall that's at least five…

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Tim Birkhead in conversation with Nick Acheson

Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead joins Nick Acheson to discuss his book, The Great Auk: Its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife, and his long-term study of Skomer Island…

My Wild Life

My night club

Ania and Becky know that wildlife can be found in unexpected places at unusual times, and surveying bats in the centre of Taunton at night is nothing out of the ordinary for them.

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See gulls in a different light

Gulls are fascinating birds and are often overlooked, even by birdwatchers says Norfolk Wildlife Trust Reserves Officer Robert Morgan.

My Wild Life

My opening night

In the drama of the open spaces around her, Emily can play the role of a lifetime. She knows the wildlife of the nature reserve as intimately as Yorick knew Hamlet, and with an audience of birds,…

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Wood warbler

Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.

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Keeled skimmer

The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.