mark, its from a chick outside the egg. right now i take care about the 3rd chick of the 3-egg clutch from my kitchen box. the bad weather let the parents...
I promised not to mention the male swift that was having having problems but more interesting now is there now seems to be a threesome going on in his box....
hi all I asked the local RSPB HQ about the swift survey in conjunction with Birdlife. The answer is ... Hello Mark I've asked at HQ about this. Apparently...
Hi everyone, Right at this moment I'm testing live video from the aalsmeer webcam nest. Take a look at http://swiftwebcam.blogspot.com sincerely, Peter...
here in N Ireland, and probably the rest of the UK and Ireland, we have just had the wettest June in 50 years. We had twice the rain fall for a normal June - 5...
Dear Mark, after my observations, I never saw a feeding parent take part in the displays of the non-breeders. There might me some reasons for it, but one is to...
Do you reallysee them taking part in the flight games? If so, for how long? I go outside every evening between 21.30 and 22.00pm. I have a clear view to the...
hi all The two nests that I have are made mainly from black feathers. I would have expected white feathers from the large population of swans on Lough Neagh...
You are right Ulrich, but during good weather I see them taking part in flight displays, although it is only for a short tour. Some days ago (the weather...
Fear Friends, In perfect time the no breeders Swifts already abbandoned Europe, today I caught just 3, like the previus years on 3rd july was the last good day...
sad days indeed, Pierfrancesco, but there is always 2008!! Mark -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 8189 spam...
Hello Mark Nesting material is gathered in flight. The swans tend to shed feathers on the water so it is not surprising that few white feathers are used. The...
Ulrich et al Tonight like a few nights this week one of my breeding pair left the nest to join the evening display. I saw two birds enter the nest at 22.15. I...
Dear Mark, when a settled nest site owner leaves, I see it always flying small zigzags, a long distance forward and a small distance right or left. When one is...
Hi Mark, You say you have 1 pair with chicks and I think you also said that this is the first year that Swifts have shown interest in your boxes. Perhaps you ...
Richard Newell
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Jul 8, 2007 7:00 am
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Dear Swift friends, I have just spent a week in rain-lashed Scotland, visiting Glasgow, Ailsa Craig, Edinburgh, Skye, Harris, Lewis and St Kilda. In all that...
Thats very bad Edward Mark -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 8269 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have...
Dick too many birds are losing nest sites in my town. The local Biodiversity Officer doesnt seem to care. Tonight my breeding pair returned to their nest at...
I have just established that my second pair of Swifts now has chicks. This is the pair that first occupied a box 2 years ago, left an egg in the box last year...
Richard Newell
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Jul 9, 2007 10:01 am
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hi all I've just been up my ladder, short at 3m and something I still hate to do, to see what's been going on in the nest boxes over the last week. Despite our...
Hi everybody. Some news from Bristol. My breeding pair of swifts returned on the 22nd of April, entered the nest site on or around the 1st May.The chicks could...
I forgot to mention unusual nesting material in the nest box in the last email. I cant beat a lump of polystyrene seen in a nest at Oxford Museum but the nest...
Apart from Mark in Ireland( lucky man) it seems to have been a poor year generally, is this true? Mark, I'm not the only one over here with success and...
Hi, Mark: The behaviour sounds pretty typical of just before pushing off to me. One morning you'll wake up and there'll be one or two birds only, the bulk ...
Hi Mark, The gathering of a large group very high up in the sky at the time of day you mentioned sounds like they're gathering to spend the night on the wing....
I just saw one again this afternoon. I noticed its foodball and after a short flight in front of the facade together with some bangers, it went into the obs...
This mail has been written sunday evening. Due to some problems with my provider, the mail got stuck in cyberspace during some days. Louis-Philippe ... From:...
Hello Mark Sounds more like a 'Vespers Flight' to me; early migration would involve most adults disappearing, especially the non-brooders. We have had young in...
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