{"id":49369,"date":"2026-05-05T10:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/?post_type=event&#038;p=49369"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:58:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:58:55","slug":"celebrating-swifts","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/event\/celebrating-swifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Swifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lewes is officially a Swift-friendly town and we want to remind everyone about these wonderful, endangered Summer visitors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.30am<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Join our pavement Swift Parade from the Linklater Pavilion to Lewes Climate Hub to welcome back our Swifts and raise awareness. If you are able, please bring a banner to show your support\u00a0for Swifts.<br \/>\n<strong>11am-3pm<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Join us for refreshments at Lewes Climate Hub and browse our Swift exhibition of fascinating facts. Find out how your simple actions can help them.\u00a0Discover where you may see Swifts in Lewes, make your own Swift badge, and join Lewes Swift Watch 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.30pm-3pm<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u2018Keep the Skies Screaming! An illustrated talk about Swifts\u2019: \u00a0Join renowned Swift expert Edward Mayer of Swift Conservation for his engaging\u00a0illustrated presentation \u2018Keeping the Skies Alive \u2013 why we need Swifts more than ever\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/keep-the-skies-screaming-an-illustrated-talk-about-swifts-by-edward-mayer-tickets-1982966315630?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tickets \u00a35 plus booking fee via Eventbrite here<\/a> (all profits to go to Swift Conservation).<\/p>\n<p>lewesclimatehub.org\/a-month-of-nature-recovery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49370,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event_categories":[1125,1240],"class_list":["post-49369","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_categories-family-fun","event_categories-nature-wildlife"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2027-05-09 21:38:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"elementor_library_type","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/49369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/49369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49372,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/49369\/revisions\/49372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/eastbourne-wealden-lewes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=49369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}