Swift Half SWIFTS update - 20th June 2011

• Good news (and a little earlier than expected) - our second (and final) swift egg has hatched this afternoon!
• I think it hatched around 1400hrs today and I've uploaded clip number thirty-one onto my website now which shows a distinct lack of eggs in the nest, the older swift (by a day) getting a mouthful of flies (you may even be able to see the black bolus in its pale throat after being fed by one of its parents) and the newborn swift to its side.
• Both parents are feeding their chicks well - even though its been raining since 1600hrs this afternoon - but the bigger, older chick is obviously getting a little more scran than its sibling (only to be expected today).
• Anyway - we have two newborn swifts - one a day old, one a few hours old - good news here at Swift Half!