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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Swift

 

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Swift

(Common Swift)

Apus apus

Gaelic: Gobhlan Dubh

 

• Swift
• Apus apus
• Gaelic: Gobhlan Dubh
• WI: Scarce (sometimes uncommon) passage visitor (very small numbers each year)

 

Swift records in the Western Isles

Scarce (sometimes uncommon) passage visitor (very small numbers each year)
(Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report)

 

On the chart below the darker the shade of Swift the more abundant the bird is during a month or the more likely you are to see it.

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

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

 

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