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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Alpine Swift

 

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Alpine Swift

Apus Melba

 

• Alpine Swift
• Apus Melba
• WI: Vagrant, Very rare (Five or less records)
• Twice as big as a Common Swift. White sharply defined patch on the belly, otherwise generally a drab grey-brown rather than sooty. White throat patch. (Some Common Swifts are part albino - in those the belly is not sharpy defined). Slow wing action, deep beats

 

 

Alpine Swift records in the Western Isles

Vagrant, Very rare (Five or less records)

The chart below shows how abundant the Alpine Swift is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

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