#Swift – Northwest Nature and History

Privet in its Prime

Privet in its Prime Perfect for Pollinators Pretty and Perfumed A B-H (June 2025)

The Swift and its fleeting visit to our isles

The Devil’s bird The screaming, soaring Swift, Apus apus, has always seemed a magical bird, in the way of all of the natural phenomena in the world whose nature has always been mysterious to us, they were once known as the ‘Devil’s bird’ as the screaming flocks of black crosses around church spires seemed toContinue reading “The Swift and its fleeting visit to our isles”