Swift half news - 2nd May 2010

• The swift that spends the nights in our roof (we still hope that its a female) is spending more and more time in front of the camera - and the local house sparrow population are giving her quite a lot of grief. They had months to move into the hole though, and chose not to, so I have no idea why they are so insistent on sitting by the roof space entrance and shrieking constantly!
• I'm still going for a May 4th first egg, Anna May 6th...
• First potato plants appear above ground this week (three weeks after planting on April 10th).
• First bit of proper rain over this weekend - yesterday evening and this morning especially.
• Off to my annual bluebell pilgrimage in an adjoining county tomorrow at dawn, weather permitting...

Swift half news - 24th April 2010

• OUR SWIFTS ARE BACK AT "SWIFT HALF"!
• We have a roosting swift, called in by my phone in our roof - came home today.
• Live footage via a camera in its nest space is beamed onto out tv.
• Now I've got to work out how to rig it up to the computer and put this live feed on the web!
• Anna and I are VERY happy!
• Click HERE to find out more about the lives of British swifts (in Oxford).
• Click HERE to visit the most comprehensive "swift website".