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Well I have to admit this year hasn’t been the best year, not so much on the swift front but more on a personal level, a culmination of events has taken its toll on me emotionally and mentally and has left me with little or no motivation but fingers crossed the year does look likeContinue reading “2021 SEASON”

As always I’m a little behind in my first post of this swift season 🙄 oh well start as I mean to go on I guess. I originally opened up the entrance holes to my boxes on the 9th of May after seeing at least half a dozen local Swift milling about over my houseContinue reading “May 17th ➡️ May 24th”

So the last month or so I’ve been busy frantically installing cameras into boxes to hopefully give me a little more info and not leave me guessing as to what’s going on under my eves. After last year’s new arrivals that I thought were non breeders, this should now take some of the guess workContinue reading “Ready…..well almost”

As I write this post I’ve already seen my first Swift of the year, actually I’ve seen quite a few since my first which was on the 25th of April and surprisingly despite the crap weather two days earlier than last years birds. Subsequent days threw up a few Swift here and there but itContinue reading “They’re back and then some”

Well if you came her looking for up to date posts on my Swift colony you best move along 😂 I’m not the most reliable person as you can see but I do need to draw to a close the final tally of this year’s Swift success. That is definitely what its been in myContinue reading “Season outcome”

About a week ago while viewing the video feed it appeared to be just the one chick in the box, so after viewing previous saved captures I was able to see the first chick had fledged on the morning of the 23rd. After previously spending long periods of time at the entrance, an adult returnedContinue reading “Empty boxes… Nearly”

Finally I had views of the eldest chick in box 15 yesterday, like a brand new penny in pristine condition it sat surveying the world outside long enough for a few pictures.

The young prospecting birds have been gone for over a week now which sadly means no more screaming acrobats around the house, I have been seeing up to twenty or so birds on occasions but usually up high and for the most part I’m seeing only four or five which I suspect are my residentContinue reading “Gone Quiet”

I was looking through some pictures I took on the 31st July of my non breeding pair in box 20a and interestingly to see a House Sparrow egg in the shot. This pair took to the box on 26th July and I’d seen the Sparrows nest building at the time but didn’t realise they hadContinue reading “3rd August”

I’ll start with the juvenile prospecting birds, my last good day of prospecting was a few days ago now and sadly it will be next year now before I’m treated to masses of Swift bombarding my eves. This morning still had twenty or so milling around with the odd scream heard but these were mostlyContinue reading “Swift update”