Bath Swift Group (@bathswifts) 's Twitter Profile
Bath Swift Group

@bathswifts

No time to hang around - insects to catch, screaming to do, pigeons to terrify - look out below!

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calendar_today22-06-2017 07:18:55

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Absolutely spectacular swift displays over Fairfield Park in the last 20 minutes, 50-60 birds over the future 'Fairfield valley allotments'

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Come on community, dig deep for Georgia, she is doing this all for swifts. And let's face it, we all LOVE swifts. x.com/georgialocock/…

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Interesting - our big parties seem to have gone, but the very wet weather makes it hard to confirm. Certainly ones and twos yesterday. x.com/allotmentwombl…

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I spoke too soon - delighted to say, we have at least one swift left up here, and it is still attending to its nest in Fairfield Park Road!

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Wow. The Fairfield Park Road nest just fledged, 2 fledglings at least in the air, 8 in total, this may be their final showing before they go

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This morning we still have swifts over Fairfield Park, delighted to see they didn't leave overnight. Not long now, enjoy them while you can!

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... and they have been screaming. Wonderful, but one can't help but feel that 'end of Summer' melancholy when the swifts get ready to leave.

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Big group of swifts around Larkhall an hour ago, adults and fledglings, seeing off a big sparrowhawk above the valley of the new allotments

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Still a couple of adult swifts over Fairfield Park tonight, but the big crowds have not been seen for over a week now, presumed flown South

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15 swifts, many of them juveniles, passed over Fairfield Park about an hour ago, having a good feed over the "valley of future allotments"