SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS

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Re: SWIFTS

Post by Jacksparrow » Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:10 pm

Kev wrote: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 :bolt:
Yep, I think so too. Swifts never sit on the telephone wires and only stop flying to enter and leave their nests.

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Re: SWIFTS

Post by nuthatch » Sun Aug 17, 2014 7:09 am

Maybe they were copying the swallows, thinking, "We could do that - zoom around the gardens swooping round in circles and then rest on the telephone wires - looks a right bit of fun ... we've absolutely had it with all this non-stop flying, grandly sweeping through the heavens like God Almighty on a broomstick." :nod:

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Re: SWIFTS

Post by Jacksparrow » Fri May 08, 2015 7:29 pm

I am delighted to say my local Swifts have returned once again for their summer sojourn :) . They didn't pick the best of weather but came anyway.
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Re: SWIFTS

Post by Placido » Fri May 08, 2015 9:29 pm

:clap: Very pleased to hear that, Jacksparrow !!! :clap:

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Re: SWIFTS

Post by greenfinch2 » Sat May 09, 2015 12:14 pm

I have never seen any yet ,but i did see lots of swallows down at the river.


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Re: SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS

Post by JooMoo » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:32 pm

I am the proud owner of a house martin nest. If I look up out the window from my desk, there's a bit of an overhang and I have I think I've established) a house martin nest. I've seen her swooping up a few times, and can see the nest. If there's babies, I'll have a fab view. Work, what work :D :) :D
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Re: SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS

Post by nuthatch » Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:59 pm

:tampoline: Congratulations JooMoo :bunny:

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Re: SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS

Post by Jacksparrow » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:41 pm

Great news Joomoo. Just make sure some jobsworth doesn't take it into their head to knock it down on the grounds of `elf n Safety or whatever.

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Re: SWIFTS, SWALLOWS AND HOUSE MARTINS

Post by Placido » Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:41 pm

Oh, congratz, JooMoo :yes: :clap:. Now you're one of The Chosen Few !!

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