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!