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Power naps and eating on the wing - how common swifts set 10-month flight record en route from Britain to southern Africa
Bodkin, Henry http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/10/27/common-swift-sets-new-record-by-staying-airborne-for-10-months-a/
Publisher: The Telegraph
Date Written: 27/10/2016
Year Published: 2016
Resource Type: Article
The common swift stays constantly airborne for up to ten months at a time, new research reveals. The bird, ubiquitous in the UK and Europe, conserves energy by riding currents of hot air and taking “power naps” as it slowly glides from high altitudes.
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