Common Swift

On July 25, 2022 we did a birding trip around the Tagus Estuary near Lisbon, Portugal. Before leaving Lisbon, we stopped to watch some common swifts flying around the buildings and I got several photos. 

The red line traces our route around the Tagus Estuary from our start in Lisbon. The first common swifts we saw were in Lisbon south of the Vasco da Gama Bridge which crosses the estuary (our route went counter-clockwise). We saw a number of them and I got one photo. The next ones we saw, of which I got several photos, were up on the northern part of the route, east of the northern point of our route, about where the dashed line crosses our route. 

The first ones photographed in Lisbon. 

One of two that I photographed in our second area. 

The second of two that I photographed in the second area. 

The next photographs were taken on May 20, 2025 while we were staying in Neubulach, Germany. 

An illustration of the common swift and a range map, both from Birds of the World.