About the event

Join us at the Weston Library for a talk to celebrate National Swift Awareness Week.

Find out how this most enigmatic and aerially evolved of all birds has adapted to spend its life on the wing. Learn about its natural history, its place in our culture, and what one of the longest running studies of any bird in the world – at Oxford’s Museum of Natural History – tells us about their lives.

Join the Museum’s Chris Jarvis, who has been taking part in the study since 2020, to hear about life in the tower and much more in this illustrated lunchtime talk.

Speaker

Chris Jarvis is the Education Officer for adult and primary school programming at Oxford University Museum of Natural History. 

Find out more about the Swift City project at OUMNH.

Event information

• Tickets for this event are £5. Please note: tickets are non-refundable.
• You can attend this event in person at the Weston Library or watch the livestream.

Attend in person

• This event takes place in person in the Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library. Find out how to get here.
• Weston Library has step-free access. Learn more about accessibility at our site.
• Please note: food and drink are not permitted in the lecture theatre, except bottled water. 

Watch the livestream

• You can also register to watch this event live via Zoom. You will receive instructions for joining the Zoom webinar in your confirmation email.
• All times listed are UK time. 
• Please note: the event will only be available live; it will not be recorded.