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Swift

Street squealer, eavesdropper

For many of us the most welcome sound we’re likely to hear along an urban street will be the high-flying squeal of the swift.

Swifts are among the latest of our summer birds to return, with just a few pioneering individuals recorded before late April, and many not arriving until well into May.

We often hear their distinctive screams before we see them, h…

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