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Animals News tagged with swifts

Swifts Are Missing - Have You Got Any Near You?
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, disappearing, swifts, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 175 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
You know summer has arrived when you see swifts speeding through the air, screaming their heads off and swooping into crevices in buildings. But fewer and fewer of us are enjoying this spectacle as the RSPB has discovered that the swift is in serious
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Swift Numbers Cut in Half as Renovations Destroy Nests of Summer Visitors
Animals  (tags: animals, birds, swifts, numbers down, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 177 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
The fashion for home makeovers and loft conversions is threatening out one of Britain's best loved - and most spectacular - birds, wildlife experts say.
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Swifts May Hold Secret of Staying Young
Animals  (tags: swifts, staying young, birds, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 276 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Scientists have uncovered the secret of long life in an unexpected source: the swift. Researchers at Glasgow University have found the birds have a distinctive piece of genetic material whose length predicts whether they will live to an old age or die
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Studies Show Alarming Insect-Eating Bird Declines in Canada
Animals  (tags: aerial insectivores decline, swifts, Whip-poor-wills(A North American Nightja, nighthawks, swallows, martins, flycatchers, severely diminishing, Canada )

Tripty
- 643 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
An article by Bird Studies Canada biologist Jon McCracken examines substantial population declines for 'aerial insectivores ' - birds that specialize on feeding on flying insects.
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