There are lots of swifts about this evening. Funnily enough we never get them at our end of the street but a minute's walk and there are lots swooping around quite high above the houses. I also caught a glimpse of something similar-ish but with a white/light front/underside, swooping around much closer to the ground. Maybe a swallow or a house martin., not sure. I am rubbish at bird identification.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I saw loads of swifts today. I had to visit three different places and all of them were full of the sound of screaming swifts and good-sized groups were flying about all over the place. Still very few house martins though.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Excellent. They are not here in Edinburgh yet but can't be too far away. I logged mine on swift mapper last year. About 6 in a screeching party out the back and 4 out the front. They love our old roofs and buildings. I like to watch them but the screeching....the love of that wears off after a month!
Maybe it's just me but swifts seem to be everywhere I go at the moment. I was travelling about a bit on Thursday and everywhere I stopped I could hear them. On one occasion though I couldn't see them and it turned out that someone's pram had a squeaky wheel that sounded just like screaming swifts.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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