Baby bird fallen out of nest

[ymemanresu]

It’s a swift and i think there’s a nest under my roof just outside my bedroom window as i’ve been hearing tweets and adult swifts have been flying into there. I found it on the ground , it has some feathers but eyes are closed. It’s been tweeting but gone quiet now ( still breathing) ive put it in a box in a quiet place, is there anything i can do? 😢

Can you reach the nest to put it back? If so that's the best thing (I appreciate not likely to be possible with a swift nest). Otherwise you could try contacting a wildlife rescue to see if they would take it.

I can’t access the nest, i would need a large ladder. It’s fallen onto concrete, surely it wont survive? 😢

Just leave it op, you can't save it, leave it out for the foxes.

You either put it somewhere for the parents to easily find or you leave it. Without a parent bird, fledglings rarely survive

Will a parent bird

Probably too late now but if it's that young, not even a fledgling, then contact your nearest wildlife rescue if you have one. We have one in Greenwich and they save hundreds of baby birds at this time of year. Sounds like your little one fell from an incredible height though, so may not survive.

Such is nature.

Put it in the nest if you can and it's alive, otherwise, nothing to be done.

Swifts cannot take off from the ground so parents won't feed it.
Sadly it will die - nature is cruel. It's possible it was weaker than the rest of the brood or poorly so was more easily pushed out. Natural selection.

The best thing to do is to peg an small cardboard box to the washing line or somewhere high and put it in there, that way it is safe from cats and foxes and parents can still feed it.

I rescued a baby seagull once. I kept it I my bath and had to feed it myself. It shat everywhere! I found a lady who rescues birds and she took it on, so sometimes you do find people where rescuing animals is their passion. Might be worth checking on Facebook, etc to see of there is someone like this in your area. As others have said, it is likely to not survive as I found out when I rescued a bird when I was 11. 😥

I found a wildlife rescue centre willing to take it to as swifts have specific needs but he didn’t make it, sadly. Buried him and put some flower seeds on top 😥