Despite being a bright sunny day the very strong winds made it a bit hard for me to breath so it was only a short visit to our local reserve. As soon as we got out of the car we had Blackcaps, Garden Warbler and Sedge Warblers singing frantically even though the strong winds made it difficult to hear them. As we started to walk round the reserve Chris spotted what we had hoped to see, Swifts. Soon it seemed like the sky was full of Swifts darting everywhere. As the winds were coming from the South we think the Swifts were being blown in front of the weather as according a couple of people eho were there earlier there was no sign of them before lunch. A worthwhile hour but I was happy to get out of the winds
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
Still waiting here, though I understand swifts are now settled on the south coast.
We're still enduring winds with a northerly hint....
Mike
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