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The Grounded Swift

swift bird first aid, save swift birds, swifts

A grounded swift always needs help and rapid action will provide the best chance for survival. Below are actions to take if you find a grounded swift. Don't throw it in the air. Don't feed it - Don't delay!

  • Place the swift in ventilated cardboard box - a shoe box lined with paper towels is ideal. 


  • Bring the swift into a quiet warm, safe and calm environment away from pets and children without disturbances.


  • Don't try and care for the Swift yourself. It is high-risk, difficult and expensive! Please contact a specialist in your area from the list below!

A healthy swift(one of our rescued and rehabilitated) is

perfectly capable of taking to airborne, alone, you do not need to throw one in the air, ever!! 


This is why when you see a grounded swift, it will always need to be rescued and taken to a swift specialist for a full check up.

Contacts

Cheshire -  RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre, London Road, Nantwich CW5 7JW Open 08:00 to 20:00 (21:00 May to Sept) Call 0300 1230722

Cumbria - Kendal College Animal Rescue Milnthorpe Road, Kendal  LA9 5AY  telephone 01539 814700 Monday to Friday only

Derbyshire - Pet Samaritans - St Bernard's Animal Sanctuary & Wildlife Rescue Centre, Chesterfield S41 9EA  - call 01246 455777 / 07872421878

Devon (edge of Somerset) North Combe, Shillingford, Tiverton - L Goss - Call 07732 943781

Dorset (West) West Dorset House Martin Rehabilitation, Dorchester - Call 07377 632992 

Essex (East) Transport Only - Wildlife Ambulance - 24 hour Rescue Hotline - Call 03001 026999

Essex (Maldon) Wildlife Rescue, 30 Cross Road Maldon, CM9 5EE - Call 07811 307162

Essex (South) South Essex Wildlife Hospital - Call 01375 893893

Hampshire -  Wildlife Rescue - Ringwood - Please phone 01425 477500 / 07765 32

Hertfordshire -  Wildlife Welfare -  Please phone 01438 313526 

Hertfordshire -  C Nuttall - Aylesbury & Hemel Hempstead Telephone:  07917 877333

Kent - Folly Wildlife Rescue, Broadwater Forest Wildlife Hospital, Fairview Lane, Broadwater Forest, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9LU telephone: 01892 543  213

Kent   - Gabo Wildlife. Telephone: 07470 857171

Lancashire (South) - Bolton & Bury Swifts - please Call/Text/WhatsApp 0755 7796508

Lincolnshire (South)  M Sutherland - phone 07947 664811

Manchester (Greater) - Bolton & Bury Swifts - please Call/Text/WhatsApp 0755 7796508

North Shropshire Summer Wings Rescue 07508 332241 

Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue, Woodway Road, Blewbury, Oxfordshire, OX11 9HW  - Call 07549 322464

Scotland - New Arc Wildlife Rescue
Nether Auquhadlie
Auchnagatt
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 8UW phone on: 01358701723

Scotland (Highlands) - Blue Highlands Avian Conservation Centre - 1 Golf Road, Brora KW9 6QS, 0797 584817

Sheffield Yorkshire - Sheffield Swift Rescue - call 07850 799891

Somerset - RSPCA West Hatch Wildlife Hospital - Taunton TA3 5RT Open 08:00 to 21:00 Call 0300 123  0721

Somerset - Secret World Wildlife Rescue, New Road Farm, New Road, East Huntspill, Highbridge,TA 3PZ Telephone 01278 783250

Suffolk - Framlingham - Call, Text or WhatsApp Zoe Crossley 079 555 13713

Sussex (East) Seahaven Wildlife Rescue, 14 Merewood Court, 60 Carew Road, Eastbourne BN21 23R - Call 03005 610608  

Sussex (East) WRAS Wildlife Rescue, 8 The Shaw Barn, Whitesmith, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6JD telephone 0781 507 8234

Sussex (West) A Ingram, (Horsham) tel: 07919090191

Surrey Wildlife Aid Foundation - Randalls Farmhouse, Randalls Road, Leatherhead KT22 0AL Tel: 01372 360404

Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital, New Farm, 1 Amesbury Road, Newton Tony, Nr. Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0HW Call - 0785 0778752 

Yorkshire (North) Wildlife Haven, Thirsk 01845 526 567

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