They're here, they're noisy and they're most welcome. Swifts are once again soaring, swirling and diving over my home. It's amazing that they find their way back here year after year, all the way from their African wintering grounds. I like Hackney, but you have to ask, why do swifts come here?
The answer is that with the watery, damp riches of both Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes and the River Lee nearby…