Common Swift

Habitat & behaviour

Habitat: Skies above towns, villages (summer).
Diet: Aerial plankton.
Best time to spot: Sleeps and mates on the wing.

Recent UK sightings

No community sightings logged in the last 30 days.

How to spot one

Open the live sightings map and filter to Common Swift. The map shows community sightings in the last 30 days, ranked by distance from your home, with hotspots and a heatmap layer for density.