I heard my first swifts in Pontrhydfendigaid on Monday evening and have seen 5 since. I put up some swift boxes on my house last summer so fingers crossed. I went for a bike ride Thursday evening and saw another 5 swifts at Ystradmeurig near the Church. Whilst going through Swyddffynnon, I came across 4 house martins, my first of the year, but it was the 4 starlings that caught my attention, there may be a small breeding population around there?? I know of them inland at Ponterwyd and Llangybi, but nowhere else (other than our coastal areas).
Andre Marsh