
Swift Nest Box Tunnel Camera
OnlinePeer inside a Swift nest box in Bolton, where the RSPB follows a resident breeding pair through a purpose-built tunnel entrance. This Bolton and Bury Swifts conservation cam offers an intimate window on one of Britain's most secretive urban birds as the adults tend their chamber deep within the loft nest.
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An Intimate View of a Secretive Bird
The Common Swift spends almost its entire life on the wing, so a glimpse inside its nest is a genuine rarity. This tunnel-view camera captures the pair as they move between the swift brick entrance and their wooden nesting chamber, revealing behaviour that is normally hidden from sight.
The Bolton and Bury Swifts Project
The nest box sits within a loft in Bolton, part of a Cambridge-style internal system reached through a slim pipe from a swift brick on the building's exterior. It is maintained by the Bolton and Bury Swifts conservation group, whose work aims to reverse the decline of these declining urban birds across Greater Manchester.
RSPB Live Nature Cameras
Streamed by the RSPB, this feed is part of a wider family of live nature cameras that connect viewers with British wildlife. A companion angle on the same box offers a closer nest view, giving followers two perspectives on the same breeding pair.
Watching the Breeding Season
Across the summer months the pair defend the chamber, incubate their clutch and raise their swiftlings until the young are ready to leave. Because Swifts are long-distance migrants, this Bolton nest is a small but vital link in a journey that spans continents.
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