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Small fast flying bird

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  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    I'm pretty sure its the wrong shape for a bat. Its wings are definately bird shaped. I'm going to have a look at swallows and swifts and see if i can get a match, thanks for the suggestion yarrow.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    You need a bat detector.is there a local bat group?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    Ok its not a swift or a swallow and i'm certain because of the wing and tail shape its not a bat. The wings are too short and not at all angular. Could it be a house martin? If it would only keep still for 2 secs I'd get a photo!
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,697

    If its flying at dusk, it is probably a bat.

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    You'll certainly know if it's a swift because they scream as they fly round the house and garden, and their shape is very distinctive. Swallows are also noisy as they have social time in the evening.



    Sounds like a bat. They have a specific 'beat' and they fly in the same pattern for hours.
  • JAYJARDINJAYJARDIN Posts: 256
    I need to look at its tail shape again! Tomorrow night ! I'll be back! I think my 'bird' is too big to be a bat!
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995

    A nightjar?

    "Nightjars are most active at dawn and dusk when they hunt for moths, beetles and crane flies. They demonstrate astonishing aerial agility as they execute rapid twists and turns in pursuit of their prey."

    We had them in Surrey.  

    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    But nightjars can't be described as 'small'. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • flumpy1flumpy1 Posts: 3,117

    Is it a martingdale?, I've been told they are here early this year

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  • flumpy1flumpy1 Posts: 3,117
    My dad said it could be a swallow.
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