Friday 11 June 2010

Swift half news - 11th June 2010

  • Another first for the garden today and another first for me (after the beautiful demoiselle t'other day) - a female Black Tailed Skimmer (not my photo) is the first postively identified large dragonfly in the garden all year. I've never seen one of these dragonflies before! A wonderful (all-too-brief) treat.
  • The swift chicks (two) are properly visible for the first time this afternoon, as the mother finally leaves the nest a few times, to hunt for herself and her young (aided of course by the male). One is distinctly larger than the other, but they are both still tiny, pretty naked and with closed eyes.

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