alan_rymer
Well-known member
I've missed the screaming around my house for the last few days. The Swifts that nest in the house next door have left:-C . Winters on its way!
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Swift gone already 30th July 2011 (1 Viewer)
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alan_rymer
Well-known member
Yup, July, You spotted my accidental mistake them?:smoke:
alan_rymer
Well-known member
Yup, July, You spotted my accidental mistake them?:smoke:
eagle golden
Well-known member
WOW i HATE that I look forward to seeing them in early summer, but hate it even more when I dont see them, but nature is wonderful, have a nice christmas. MC
Monahawk
Well-known member
Still have a few in this part of Ireland, but they will be gone pretty soon. Once they've departed you know that summer is over. :-C
Si.
still plenty here 
,some (including swallows) are still rearing as well .there's still plenty life left in them yet. not even getting cold here yet, infact it's too warm ,i haven't been able to sleep well the last couple of nights and there was a thunder storm a few days back.(only gave some rain, soon turned back to practical drought) probably why there still around down here the sheer heat as of late
,some (including swallows) are still rearing as well .there's still plenty life left in them yet. not even getting cold here yet, infact it's too warm ,i haven't been able to sleep well the last couple of nights and there was a thunder storm a few days back.(only gave some rain, soon turned back to practical drought) probably why there still around down here the sheer heat as of late
Still some here - just had a group of about 10 screaming past.
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And also still here in High Wycombe - not too far from the OP's location in Berkshire.
What most prompts them to leave?
Change in daylight length? Food supply? Drop in temperature - we've just had a very warm spell around here though, but it's ended today? Or is it just when they've finished feeding their particular brood & fatted themselves up then they're off?
Fraser
What most prompts them to leave?
Change in daylight length? Food supply? Drop in temperature - we've just had a very warm spell around here though, but it's ended today? Or is it just when they've finished feeding their particular brood & fatted themselves up then they're off?
Fraser
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
There were a couple belting around outside my house this morning. It's always made me wonder " Why do 'our' swifts bugger off so early when Finnish birds hang around for another month or so?"
Chris
Chris
Brian Bullough
DIGIDOPE
http://northumbrianbirding.blogspot.com/2011/08/swifts-1-8-2011.html
Here is a link to video (too large to attach) from the Swift nest in my loft taken on the 1st,only one bird last night which sat motionless for most of the night and this morning it has gone also ,I was hoping to see and capture their departure, I suppose I will have to wait till next year now !!!!!
Brian
Here is a link to video (too large to attach) from the Swift nest in my loft taken on the 1st,only one bird last night which sat motionless for most of the night and this morning it has gone also ,I was hoping to see and capture their departure, I suppose I will have to wait till next year now !!!!!
Brian
I live on the south coast and I have been seeing various numbers of swifts over the area in the last couple of weeks - evenings there are loads about, all seem to have vanished in the morning - have assumed that they are passing through on the way south. The other evening when I was out there I had about 40 to 50 swifts all flying around above the golf course - no sign or sound of them later on.
I live at a river mouth - I wonder if they use the river valleys as navigational aids
I live at a river mouth - I wonder if they use the river valleys as navigational aids
Cheshire Birder
Well-known member
Not seen/heard any swifts for a few days now.
CB
CB
halftwo
Wird Batcher
Crikey, CB, where have you been?! Still many around again today.
Jan-Paul Charteris
Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast
Finnish ones arrive on breeding grounds later, and so breed later I imagine.
