Saturday, 26 July 2014

Day 3: Swift

One of my favourite birds - aerial masters, everything about them, their scimitar shape, screaming flights exudes speed and agility.

One of our last migrants to arrive and amongst the first to leave they're not here for long at all. I first saw them this year around 8th May. It's not been a very good year we normally have 50 or so show up and squadrons of them are careering through evening skies by this time of the year. But 10 is most I've seen together all summer.

 Hope they bounce back soon.

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6 comments:

  1. Unknown5 August 2014 at 04:37

    I reckon these have left now. Not seen one since 2nd August.

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  2. Unknown5 August 2014 at 14:13

    Scratch that they're still here. Three this evening after an absence of 3 days.

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  3. Unknown13 August 2014 at 05:11

    Last seen on 7th - that must be it?? So three month stay almost to the day!!

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  4. Unknown22 August 2014 at 15:15

    Single swift this evening.

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  5. Unknown31 August 2014 at 14:15

    Still one hanging around on 29th.... I wonder if he/she just forgot?

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  6. Unknown3 September 2014 at 14:50

    Well made it to September - One still hanging around Belmont Road en route to Cemetery.

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