My Swifts have gone (1 Viewer)

[Julie50]

Saw approx 50 over Upton Warren yesterday. All in one group - ready to go?

 

[moose1991]

Lead in my hammock in Swindon looking up at the Swifts overhead right now.

 

[Jonno52]

Here in south London I didn't see any yesterday, but today have had three so far. I'm sure I'd see more if I spent longer looking.

 

[dandsblair]

Here in Lytham St Annes - at least 5 today including 3 that have spent the afternoon coming and going between the golf course and our garden

 

[foresttwitcher]

Have'nt seen the usual feeding flock on my patch in the Chilterns for two days now...

 

[SlowLowFlyingTurkey]

My local breeders in Cambridge were seen every day until Monday, but not since. I haven't seen any of the other city centre flocks this week neither.

 

[Xenospiza]

Back from holiday and amazingly still three around at my German northern Ruhr Area location.

 

[YuShan]

Still saw a group of them last Tuesday (near south coast)

 

[foresttwitcher]

1 lingering this afternoon - summer is clinging on by it's finger nails...

 

[Julie50]

2 over Edgbaston today - and a great win for Warwickshire

 

[Monahawk]

Saw 2 swifts flying around low where I was working this morning in Monaghan. They were close enough to note they had pale heads, so they were young birds.

Si.

 

[muck22]

with us the swifts (apus apus) are no longer to be seen already about 3 weeks ago... the autumn comes.... and that already at the beginning of August! 😢

 

[seagull2020]

Occasionally saw swifts in Solihull and the Midlands prior to 10th August. Those birds are only here for 2 months!

 

[Jonno52]

Last ones seen here in south London were 2 or 3 on Wed 11 August.

 

[aeshna5]

I had 2 birds from my garden yesterday early evening west London-my first for a couple of days or so.

 

[Patudo]

Small numbers of swifts working over Hyde Park the three or four times my brother and myself visited, including today (Saturday). The late morning/midday of the 10th there were larger numbers (70-100 max - pretty unusual).

 

[foresttwitcher]

Single again this morning.

 

[Mono]

Still about in Kendal, saw a feeding group of 30+ last evening.

 

[delia todd]

I'm still hearing them in the evenings here, though did hear some on Thursday morning.

 

[Himalaya]

As expected, this is the week when numbers usually drop, drastically and I haven't now seen or heard one for three days.

They're here for such a short time, I anticipate their arrival every year but they're gone too soon and I can't help thinking that summer is over when they've gone

I totally understand how you feel. When numbers start decreasing from late July locally I feel summer is over and the countdown has started to much shorter days.