Fantastic news that the results of our #swift colour-ringing project is delivering results! A bird I ringed (code AR) last summer as a chick in a nest has settled in a nestbox only 2 metres from where it grew up! It's fascinating to know at least some chicks return home. 1/4 
There are few ringing projects for swifts across Europe, and basically none which allow for the ability to identify all returning birds without having to recapture. So this is an exciting long term project to develop, and there is the potential to learn a lot about swifts 2/4
Located on a private home several km from any other #swift colony, it's the perfect location to do such a study. There are 23 pairs, increasing every year, and every nest box has a camera or can be directly viewed from indoors, so any ringed birds are easily seen. 3/4
Yesterday we started ringing the class of 2021 swift chicks, with 24 ringed and another 25 to go. It's going to be very fun watching the cameras into the future to see who comes back in future years! 4/4
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