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19 Jul
10:10am, 19 Jul 2024
4,515 posts
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jacdaw
Sorry... they may not breed until 4 years old, but the youngest arrive latest and don't show any breeding behaviour. The 2 and 3 year olds are likely to arrive slightly later than older birds, and may or may not start nest building and mating, but birds under 4 years old are less likely to be successful.
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19 Jul
12:19pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,520 posts
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J2R
Seems a long way to fly just to do some nest site checking. But flying doesn't really seem to be that much of an issue for swifts...
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19 Jul
12:21pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,938 posts
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paulcook
Screaming mob of about 12 just flew right past my window. Been loads all morning again.
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19 Jul
1:01pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,521 posts
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J2R
Yes, today has been the screechiest day for me so far this year. Odd.
(Not me doing the screeching, to be clear).
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19 Jul
1:24pm, 19 Jul 2024
4,517 posts
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jacdaw
A very small number of first year birds do stay in Africa, but it is thought to be very small.
And anyway, if you're going to fly non-stop in any case, you might as well go somewhere.
More seriously, if they evolved to go north to where the food sources are (and / or less competition for those resources), then presumably even the young birds are going to fare better further north.
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19 Jul
2:42pm, 19 Jul 2024
66,898 posts
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Derby Tup
Interesting stuff on the swift. What a bird
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19 Jul
2:45pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,948 posts
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paulcook
I've literally been watching them out my window all day. Otherwise, I've only noticed one gull.
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19 Jul
3:17pm, 19 Jul 2024
5,522 posts
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J2R
A few more butterflies in the garden today. Or am I just looking out for them more? Hard to tell.
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19 Jul
5:40pm, 19 Jul 2024
32,645 posts
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Rosehip
butterflies in my garden today, first I've seen for a while close - but I also run and walk around proper-looking un-mown meadows and they have seemed fairly normally populated with butterflies, hoverflies etc.
(Plenty of annoying flying protein above any slightly damp bit of mud on the trails)
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19 Jul
5:42pm, 19 Jul 2024
34,012 posts
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HellsBells
Peacock, red admiral, meadow brown, comma and small white all in the garden in the half hour I was out there this afternoon
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Bird song watch
Jul 2024