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John Aitchison is a wildlife cameraman and film-maker who has been working on the BBC 2 series Springwatch. Whilst today John spends as much of his time behind the camera watching wildlife from a distance through a lens, he has also had some very close encounters with wildlife and one of the most memorable was with a Swift, when he was a student at Cambridge.
Further Reading:
Our report from the spire of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Swiftcam - live pictures from one of the nest sites in the spire at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Action for Swifts - what you can do when you encounter a Swift.