In this talk, Laurinda features how these wonderful birds have inspired artists and will cover the lifecycle of a swift, revealing amazing facts such as how these birds are able to spend most of the year airborne, why swifts are declining and what steps we can all take to help these masters of the sky.

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Laurinda Luffman is Head of Trusts & Foundations and the Swift
Species Lead at the RSPB, helping to coordinate support and knowledge-sharing for this red-listed bird across the charity. She is a
founder member of Bedfordshire Swifts, one of the many dedicated Swift Local Network groups.