Swallow/Swift.

[Erichalfbee]

There is rubbish in books too. For example that swift cannot start to fly from ground.

That's true. A fit adult swift can take off from the ground. The ones you find grounded are usually youngsters or unwell.
Also....did you know that Swifts have four toes arranged in twos each pair pointing sideways....like a chameleon; that they are the fastest bird in level flight, only the Peregrine in stoop being faster.
All birds have fleas and feather lice or similar parasites. However the swift’s are so different to those of other species that it supports the fact that they separated from other bird species a very long time ago. Their parasites have evolved with them.

 

[jonnybeegood]

That's true. A fit adult swift can take off from the ground. The ones you find grounded are usually youngsters or unwell.
Also....did you know that Swifts have four toes arranged in twos each pair pointing sideways....like a chameleon; that they are the fastest bird in level flight, only the Peregrine in stoop being faster.
All birds have fleas and feather lice or similar parasites. However the swift’s are so different to those of other species that it supports the fact that they separated from other bird species a very long time ago. Their parasites have evolved with them.

Nicely googled

 

[Erichalfbee]

That may be, but it's no crime and they are facts that I thought some might find entertaining.
In a past life I used to look after injured/ill wildlife and used to see quite a few Swifts.
Hedgehogs too.....now I haven't seen one (except squashed) for a long time.

 

[jonnybeegood]

That may be, but it's no crime and they are facts that I thought some might find entertaining.
In a past life I used to look after injured/ill wildlife and used to see quite a few Swifts.
Hedgehogs too.....now I haven't seen one (except squashed) for a long time.

We still have plenty hogs here, it will probably end up a last stronghold like for the Red Squirrels, it seems where population increases the wildlife always comes worst off & the last thing people think about.

 

[juanito]

Greetings,
I don't know if swifts eat bees or not, but they zoom round the old churches in their hundreds over here,
A spectacular sight and sound around dusk I am assuming they are hunting the midges and moths,
The swallows nesting at our casa start feeding the chicks with miniscule flies to start with and end up bringing flies the size of bluebottles,

 

[Cellectronic]

OK, Back to Hedgehogs !
Some years ago I had a hedgehog living in the bottom of a fir tree/bush and in the daytime it could be heard coughing like it had bronchitis , I told a few friends about this and they just took the P out of me .
That was until they came to mine for a BBQ and guess what, yep the hedgehog coughed all through the barbie. So different people experience/see different things a bit like the Swallow/Swift diet really.