Got an excited text from my partner last night, she spotted the swifts landed back from Africa 8pm last night, (here in NW Engand), 8 of them flitting about today. Yay!
That's a week earlier than last year.
Mark
Superb news.
Missed them
Were they bearing coconuts? Or is that swallows?
Quote from: Raider4 on 06 May 2020, 12:20:17 PM
Were they bearing coconuts? Or is that swallows?
Its swallows and it depends what type I believe.
Quote from: sultanbev on 06 May 2020, 11:28:49 AM
Got an excited text from my partner last night, she spotted the swifts landed back from Africa 8pm last night, (here in NW Engand), 8 of them flitting about today. Yay!
That's a week earlier than last year.
Mark
They must have had a swift flight!
Don't get swifts over here. :(
To be honest, I've only seen swifts once in my life...and that was in Lincolnshire.
Don't get house martins around here either.....and the number of swallows definitely seems to be decreasing year by year..
We used to have up to three swallow nests in the barns..with associated youngsters.
None this year....Or last year.
We have seen swallows flitting around....But nowhere near the numbers we've seen in the past.
Cheers - Phil
I saw some Swifts a couple of weeks ago and then no sightings until two days ago when they came back. Swallows have been around for a month or so.