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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
A swift in flight |
| Image notes: |
Breeding swifts may travel hundreds of kilometers to feed. |
| Species in Image: |
Common Swift |
| Date: |
1968 |
| Area: |
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| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc01758 |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Common Swift |
| Latin Name |
Apus apus |
| Latin Group Name |
Apodiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Apodidae |
| Common Family Name |
Swifts |
| Description |
Recorded annually in Shetland, usually about midsummer. Some years numbers arrive in spring and are thought to have been blown off course or displaced by fog. |
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