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SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:34 pm
by Jacksparrow
For a while yesterday I thought they had all departed for Africa but towards the end of the afternoon I spotted a couple in the distance. I saw three today but I think the majority have departed. They arrived on May 5th this year which was early so perhaps they have departed a little earlier.
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:55 pm
by Placido
Well done, Jacksparrow. Lucky old you.
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:58 am
by peregrine
All gone here. Haven't seen one since last Thursday (31st July)
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:02 pm
by Jacksparrow
No Swifts today
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:06 am
by nuthatch
....... moving swiftly on .....
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 12:19 pm
by Placido
hehhehheh
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:59 pm
by peregrine
nuthatch wrote:....... moving swiftly on .....
'Is it a Joke' topic 
HEHEHEHEHE
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:11 pm
by Kev
I was visiting a friend in Swansea today and she's got loads of swifts zooming round her garden. Lovely to watch. Sadly didn't have my camera wit me!
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:50 pm
by Jacksparrow
Kev wrote:I was visiting a friend in Swansea today and she's got loads of swifts zooming round her garden. Lovely to watch. Sadly didn't have my camera wit me!
Doesn't sound like Swift behaviour to me. They are very much into grand sweeps through the heavens rather than zooming through gardens.
Re: SWIFTS
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:57 pm
by Kev
Pretty sure it's them. She's got them nesting in several places up in the eves and they sit on the phone wires and have that characteristic shape. She's in a very rural area. They were swooping round in circles.
hmm.. might be mixing them up with swallows