Well, we don't know if this is a disaster or not, but last night we noticed that one of the swifts tails is completely missing! What's happened, has it has a punch-up with another swift, has it been attacked by a predator of some sort? We just don't know. Obviously it managed to get itself back into the box last night but this is obviously going to make it less agile until the tail re-grows, so it's a huge worry while they're still sitting on unhatched eggs.
Over the last couple of days there has a been a party of four or more prospectors hanging around early morning. None have entered any of the other nestboxes but at least they're showing some interest so we live in hope! Here's a short video of the tail-less Jonathan...or is it Taylor?
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