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Swift Awareness Week 2024
Join us for a packed Swift Awareness week this year!
From June 29th to July 7th, we will be hosting a number of events to celebrate our Swifts.
Chirk Swift Walk
Wednesday July 3rd, 7pm
Join us for a short walk around Chirk and discover the Swifts that call the town their summer home.
Meet us at 7pm in front of St Mary's church where there is a nesting pair in the tower, then enjoy a leisurely stroll whilst learning more about Swifts, their life, their decline and how we can safeguard their future. Hopefully we can record a few active nests on the way!
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Chirk Aqueduct Swift Watch
Saturdays June 29th and July 6th, 8pm
Chirk Aqueduct is home to an incredible colony of Swifts - around 25 nesting pairs return to the structure every year making it a really special site.
Join Chirk Swifts and House Martins beneath Chirk Aqueduct from 8pm Saturday June 29th and Saturday July 6th for two special Swift Awareness Week Swift Watch events.
Enjoy their thrilling screaming fly-bys with their calls echoing through the arches and watch closely to see them zipping in and out of their nests. Bring binoculars and cameras if you have them.
Dogs welcome on leads (sheep and lambs in the field).
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Swift Themed Art Exhibition
June 29th - July 7th
To celebrate our incredible Swifts and to mark Swift Awareness Week, there will be a Swift themed art exhibition at Caffi Wylfa, Chirk, between the 29th of June and 7th of July.
A wonderful mix of mediums and skills, come and see this inspiring community art project, learn more about Swifts whilst enjoying a treat from the cafe's menu.
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