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Brief update, my birds in box 20 have displaced their second clutch after incubating for about two days with no issues, they then managed to knock one egg out at night, then the following day the second egg was out. Footage on the camera showed  them quite lively at the time of displacement and I’mContinue reading “Update 14th June”

Well I had a guess and wrote on the calendar the date I thought the first chick would hatch and had it down for the 13th, so was pleasantly surprised by when I caught sight of one on the 10th and then a second on the 11th. Just waiting in the third and final eggContinue reading “12th June”

It’s been an interesting week since I last posted, the new bird in box 22 spent one night alone before a second bird was seen entering in the morning However the second bird chose not to roost that evening leaving the other bird on its own but did roost up the following night where theyContinue reading “7th June”

Quick update this morning else I know I’ll forget, now yesterday I decided after much deliberation to put a few displaced eggs back on the nests of the respected birds. However it wasn’t long before both eggs were out again in box 18 and the one in box 20 was also flicked out(see video) SoContinue reading “30th May”

At the end of week three and still plenty going on, in box 20a after their first egg on the 21st they had the usual day of rest then laid another on the 23rd. They showed no signs of incubating initially and in my notes I even wrote about the possibility of maybe a thirdContinue reading “Week 3, Great Eggspectations”

So nearing the end of the second week since my Swift arrived back and I can confirm I have three new pairs, I did initially think there was four however it seems one pair couldn’t quite decide on which box they preferred. So much so they spent two nights roosting in separate boxes until lastContinue reading “Week 2”

So yesterday I see the arrival of birds in box 15 and I was kind of questioning if they was in fact my oldest residents due to a few discrepancies and it just so happens I was right. As today I had what I thought was another new pair in box 20 however on closerContinue reading “Never a dull moment”

The countdown has already begun and I’m already planning what needs to be done and sorted before I open up my boxes for my fourth year. I normally empty any boxes of nesting material that had any House Sparrow that nested last year but the resident Swift nests I leave, I know others clean theContinue reading “2022 Plans”