Kingussie Community Development Company

17/05/2026

Swift volunteers needed!

🪶 Do you love swifts?
🚶‍♂️ Do you like walking?
🌆 Is dusk your time of day?
🌅 Or is dawn when you shine?
🔭 Are you good at spotting things?
⏰️ Can you spare an hour once or twice per month over summer?
💪 We are looking for volunteers to survey streets local to them for swift nests and low flying groups. No experience necessary. Guidance will be given.
📨 [email protected] if you want to get involved.
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17/05/2026

Over the past week we have been delivering the KCDC annual newsletter. You can also view this online and if we missed you drop us a note and we can get one to you! https://www.kcdc.co.uk/kcdc-spring-newsletter/

16/04/2026

Great to see the Swift boxes being installed!

08/04/2026

03/04/2026

Give a swift a home!
It won’t be long until the Swifts arrive back for the summer. After travelling thousands of miles from Africa too many of these birds will find nowhere to nest. Installing a nest box is a simple and effective way to protect these wonderful birds and to allow the population to grow and thrive. Free nest box and installation for selected households!

Thank you to Badenoch Men's Shed for building the nest boxes for our new pilot funded by Kingussie Community Development Company

If you want to take part read about the pilot and apply https://www.kcdc.co.uk/badenoch-swifts-project/

02/04/2026

Calling all hoarders! Do you have an old bike stand gathering dust? We’re looking for donations of bike stands to support our work teaching bike maintenance Kingussie High School pupils. Tools and equipment aren’t cheap, so if you think you can help we would be very grateful 🙏.
Donations can be made to the Spin shop on Kingussie High Street on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.

Thanks team!

27/03/2026

Calling all Swifties! KCDC is supporting Badenoch Swifts. If you'd like to help our wee friends, follow the link below to learn more and apply for a free nest box in this pilot scheme.

The Strathy Badenoch Climate Action

Today we launch Badenoch Swifts, a new initiative to help safeguard and build nesting sites for our returning swift birds.

Do you stay somewhere which has returning swifts in summer?

Would you like to have swifts come and stay at your place?

Apply to take part in our pilot to put up and install new nest boxes around Kingussie!

Find out more https://www.kcdc.co.uk/badenoch-swifts-project/