Much to our sadness, most of our birds have now left. We still have a pair of swallows which I'm hoping will decide to bless us with their company for a while....
hi all At 9.25pm at least one of my breeding pair is in it's nest tonight. It took many attempts to go in and many more aborted while lining up. I suppose...
Big increase in swift numbers in Brussels this morning. I suppose this is the second wave? Nick, Brussels. ... Holland, Germany, UK, N Ireland ... Groups...
Dear Johanna and other fellows too, Thank You on Your kindly feedback. As you maybe know that those dates were the first observations in whole country! First...
hi all I've just finished, at 12.30pm, repositioning some of my swift boxes so I can add two more. They have been lowered 25cm and move to the right about the...
Hi to all, This evening the bird that returned to the Aalsmeer webcamnest at april 27th, found itself a partner. The two of them are sitting cosy in front of...
Finally the cams are in the air. You can watch cam 1, 2 and 3 You can see them on: www.gierzwaluwkolonieregulierstraathaarlem.nl Let the Swifts come in. ...
Since I first reported seeing Swifts over Aldershot, Hampshire on 27 April I've been seeing only two or three each day, but today there were at least ten...
Dear friends, I showed Mrs. Haupt the link and asked for her comment. Mrs Haupt manages the rescue clinic for Swifts in Frankfurt/Germany for many years. She...
Like Avril's in Cardiff, my swifts did not come in the wave reported last week either, despite some of those being from further north. But first screaming...
Hi Mark! this is great news, I hope they keep you soo busy this season! talk to you soon. I will fly straight to the rehabilitation centre after exams, 3...
Greetings form Texas, We whole heartedly agree with Ms. Haupt's concerns about feeding "mash" to nesting swifts and the decision not to publish the pictures....
Hello, I saw my first London Swifts of 2008 last Friday, at Walthamstow Reservoir, when I saw one bird feeding low over the water when crossing the site on the...
Somebody wants to put up nest-boxes for Swifts and Kestrels and asked me whether it would be wise to put both on the same barn. I guess Kestrels have been...
Dick Newell
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May 5, 2008 9:29 am
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Hi Dick, Swifts and Kestrels co-exist naturally, even where I live there was for years a Kestrel nest in the nearest church tower, just about 150 metres from...
Hello all, In the Netherlands, our society translated, with the consent of Mrs. Haupt, her booklet on the rearing of nestling swifts. We thought this necessary...
hi all Can I assume that everyone in the UK and Ireland has looked up their county and towns on the work house web site? http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ It's...
Marleen the law is different in the UK. Anyone can care for a wild animal provided it is released when fit enough to go Mark Hello all, We cannot, however, put...
That´s the same in Austria - the keeping of wild animals is restricted to a permission, not the rehabilitating or rearing - which is crazy because every idiot...
I too come across really horrible regimes for raising young Swifts - the most recent was based on a puree of cat food biscuits plus lots of therapeutic...
Hello everyone! I would be happy to translate swift related material from German to English (given time, during this busy period of the swift year! :-). Send...
Mark Walker
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May 6, 2008 11:50 am
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Dear Ulrich and Edward, Ulrich, maybe you would be so kind as to ask Christiane (Mrs Haupt) if she would give permission to have an english translation made of...
Dear Marleene and all, I will contact her. May be its good to give you a reminder that the difficult process of handrearing inclusive the necessary diet is...
That's great Ulrich. This also answers a question from Enric Fuste. Enric please have a look at below mentioned website. Kind regards, Marleen ... From: Common...
last year in the last few days of the season i noticed only one of the parent birds feeding its one young swift and going into the box on its own at night, i...
Why don't you tell us who you are and what country you live in? Dick ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dick Newell
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May 6, 2008 7:27 pm
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Brian, strange you should report this. One of my breeding pair has been present since April 25th trying to get other birds to enter his/her box. The bird has...
Ilive in Crumlin Nr Ireland.Name Brian Cahalane.I have succeeded in having 26 schwegler no 17 nest boxes erected at four different sites in the small...
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