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There are certainly fewer swallows. At one time there were masses on telegraph wires. To see a swallow at all these days is a rare event her...

These migrant birds fascinate me. They are only here for a few short months to breed, but seeing them come gladdens my heart. They feed and ...

Although I both saw and heard swifts in Ghent, Belgium last week, yesterday was the first time this year I had heard swifts screaming in a f...

  They usually arrive here soon and stay a few months. Every day I scan the skies, but nothing yet.  Once they arrive they are very common o...

This book, loaned to me by my son, is about the lives of swifts.  Reading it makes you realise they are only here for a few months, with the...

This morning, I could not believe my ears and then eyes.  At first I heard what sounded like swifts screaming, but saw nothing. Later, at th...

On August 9th I was about to report the swifts had flown south.  Then I saw 10!  Today I saw a solitary swift overhead. I think this is prob...

Most swifts (birds) are still here. They usual start migrating south in late July or early August. Suddenly one realises the screaming of fe...

Certainly yesterday, most swifts (birds) were still here. Sometime soon, we will realise they have gone south until next spring. Au revoir. ...

  As I write this, it is July 8th. It is not uncommon to hear feeding parties of swifts. Look up and there they are. Tonight there was a par...

To my mind, the screaming of swifts feeding on the wing is a sign of English late spring and summer. In this part of the UK they usually arr...

These migratory birds breed here and then go to central Africa on migration. They only stop a few months, then they go. One day they are on ...

A week ago I had seen no swifts. Now they are one of the commonest birds in the sky. I have also seen a couple of swallows, but no cuckoos h...

Yesterday we went  for a nice walk around the sleepy village of Reach, near Cambridge. Although there were swifts around, there are fewer. A...

When gardening a few days ago I heard swifts overhead screaming. This a very English sound of spring and summer. They feed on the wing and a...

Swifts are migratory birds that spend a lot of time in Africa. They breed in the UK. These birds sleep on the wing and are a common sight ...

What a difference a few days make! Earlier this week I was pleasantly pleased to see a single swift. Now they are one of the commonest birds...

Until a few weeks ago, the skies were filled with the sound of swifts screaming overhead. Then, one day you realise they are no longer her...

It is now August 3rd and I have not noticed the swifts (birds). During May, June and July they are a very common summer migrant. They feed...

Today, I saw my first swifts (birds) this year. They migrate up from Africa, returning in August. The only problem was these were in norther...