Monday Moment: a swift half...

It felt almost like May yesterday.

So in true British style myself and a few friends tried to make the most of a little bit of sun, and headed to a newly opened beer garden in the town we live in. The beer was great, but the star attractions were above our heads.

Swooping, scything and screaming through the sky were swifts. Finally, they have returned!

I've seen dribs and drabs over the last few weeks, but at last there were 10, or even 20 at a time screaming through the skies as I supped my beer. The pub in question is at the heart of the old town, and here swifts squeeze into barely noticable cracks and crevices to lay their eggs and raise their chicks. They even nest in the roof of the pub!

So, today's Monday Moment, is a shot of a swift poking its head up from a roof - not a shot you see very often. So next time you find yourself in a beer garden, why not try looking up too?

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