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