Here's a short video of one of the parent birds which has brought in some more nesting material.

 

 

As yet we have not seen any other swifts inspecting any of our spare boxes or flying around the immediate vicinity. There seem to be very few about and our pair are sadly on their own here on the edge of the village. Will our mini-colony ever expand?

On 7th June one egg was laid! And then on 10th June we saw two eggs and the adult starting to incubate on the 13th June. And so hatching is due about the 1st July.

 No eggs as  yet, but our pair seem settled together in Box 3. Here is a video from yesterday: