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It’s just over a week now since my Swift chicks hatched and from what I can tell everything is looking good, from the offset one parent bird would remain in the nest with the young while the other was out collecting food before swapping over. Over the last few days I’m beginning to see moreContinue reading “Current state of play”

So four days ago my wife’s sister discovered two nestlings on her doorstep, one bird had already died but one was still alive. Not knowing where its nest was (most likely in the eves of her house) she picked it up and took it with her to their shop where it spent the whole dayContinue reading “New challenge”

Bit of a late update (I need to post more I know🙄) but I’m happy to say I can confirm I currently have two Swift chicks being cared for by both parents🤩 I noticed last week a bit of egg shell inside the box and after close examination of previous footage, I picked out theContinue reading “Waiting and watching”

It’s been just over a month since my last post and an update on the Swift situation so far. My resident birds in box 15 layed their first egg on the 6th of June however they appeared to show no signs of incubating and didn’t lay any more eggs either, so excitement soon turned toContinue reading “What a difference a month makes.”

It’s been a week now since the Swifts returned to their box on my house. The first day see one bird easily navigating back inside and quickly enjoying a well earned rest, the other bird however spent all day attempting to enter with no success. It became frustrating to watch as it would go mostlyContinue reading “Roosting, preening and uninvited guests”

So after seeing my first Swift back in April there was a slow increase in numbers over the coming days resulting in a maximum of twelve birds seen in the area on the 9th of May. I did have a few low fly by’s over the days with one bird that clung to my airContinue reading “Today’s a good day”

I’m a little late in posting this but the Swifts on the other hand were not, they appear to be quite early arriving this year after I see my first on Monday 27th April. I finished the day seeing half a dozen birds with one checking out some eves of adjacent houses. I’ve not seenContinue reading “They’re Back!”

So over the past couple of weeks I’ve been utilising my days off work to build yet more Swift boxes and also add the odd nest cup to existing boxes I’d failed to do so in my hurry to get them up last year. Two more Zeist style boxes were added to the NW aspectContinue reading “April 2020”

Little did I know what began with me doing my bit for the conservation of my local Swifts, would soon turn into a full blown obsession. Most days when I wasn’t at work I’d spend large portions in the garden making note of my resident Swifts coming and goings as well as watching in aweContinue reading “June/July 2019”

If my memory serves me it was about the second week of May when I began seeing the return of my local Swifts and with that I unblocked my entrance holes as I’d kept them sealed to prevent any sparrows from taking up residence, I then began playing the Swift calls and waited and watched.Continue reading “May/June 2019”