Tayside Biodiversity - First Sightings Survey
Let us know where you see your first swallow, house martin, swift, or sand martin. Tayside Biodiversity Partnership would like to build a picture of where and when our summer bird visitors arrive. Please send us your first sightings – even if you don’t see all four species. Just fill in the information and press the submit button. Thank you.
![Postcard_Swift](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Postcard_Swift-150x143.jpg)
Swifts
Dark, almost black
Narrow, crescent shaped wings
Short forked tail
Length: 17cm
Wing span: 45cm
Call: screaming ‘shreee’
![Postcard_House_Martin](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Postcard_House_Martin-150x143.jpg)
House Martin
Navy blue
White belly and white rump
Short forked tail
Length: 12cm long
Wing span: 27cm
Call: chirrup
![Postcard_Sand_Martin](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Postcard_Sand_Martin-150x143.jpg)
Sand Martin
Mid brown
White belly and dark chest bar
Short forked tail
Length: 12cm
Wing span: 27cm
Call: chattering twitter
![Postcard_Swallow](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Postcard_Swallow-150x143.jpg)
Swallow
Metallic royal blue
White belly and red cheeks
Long forked tail
Length: 18 cm
Wing span: 33cm
Call: warble of trills and twitters
![Swift-Hirundine-PCard_1](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Swift-Hirundine-PCard_1.jpg)
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![Swift-Hirundine-PCard_2](https://www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Swift-Hirundine-PCard_2.jpg)