Thursday, 11 June 2015

More about Swifts

The Swifts have been extremely slow to arrive this year in many parts of the country not just here largely due to the adverse weather conditions; many established breeding pairs have still not arrived in some areas but as you have mentioned they are now starting to arrive slowly. I have only seen a maximum of 6 Swifts here in Bow Street and two of them are from my breeders box; unfortunately just as they started to incubate three eggs one bird was lost (probably predated). The remaining bird has now managed to attract a new partner but the three eggs have been thrown out of course. If the Swifts do decide to remain it will be a late season for many perhaps September before many breeders are leaving. Lets hope they do stay and the rest of the year picks up !


Tony Clark