All gone now. Our last remaining young swift departed yesterday, but unusually during late afternoon rather than the normal first thing in the morning departure. So the end of yet another year, here's hoping they return next year - safe journey young swifts!

Well, one of the youngsters is still here. Friday night both were present, but no parents with them. Then yesterday, Saturday morning, one of the youngsters left first thing in the morning, leaving just the one in the nest. Then last night, one of the parent birds returned and roosted together with the youngster. This morning it left and we thought the youngster might leave too, but no, it's still here. Here is a video of Saturday night's roost:

And below, a photo of our youngster peering out through the entrance hole. Surely it's going to leave tomorrow?

Another video of our young swifts. Yes, they're still here and they have been busy doing their press-ups this morning, ready for when they leave. Which won't be long now I suspect. One of the parent birds appears to have left already. Also, in the last couple of weeks we've had some interested parties of swifts flying around and banging our boxes and Box 2 was entered and inspected at one stage but none of them roosted. Lets hope they have committed the location to memory for next year!

Here's the latest still picture of our young swifts. Still growing fast, barely any room on the nest for the parents now! We shall be getting some wing stretching videos shortly, they have plenty of room in this nestbox. How on earth do they manage it when nesting under roof tiles?

 Another view of our young swifts taken yesterday, they're growing fast!

 Here are are young swifts in this latest video, being fed by one of the adults. As you can see, they have grown vastly since the last video!

 

 

New Babies!

At last we have young swifts! We think there are just the two this time, but at this stage it's hard to tell. Here's a video of them with one of the parent birds coming in to feed. Notice how luxurious the nest has become as well!