Swift Half Update - 1st August 2010

• I'm glad to say that in yesterday afternoon's sunshine, there were at least half a dozen swifts flying around "Swift Half". So they haven't gone just yet!

Swift half news - 10th July 2010

• Anna and I have been at Wicken Fen (a NT nature reserve and home of my Uncle's Dragonfly Project over the weekend, so there's not much to post re "Swift Half" today. At the reserve we were treated to masses of odonates buzzing around, including Scarce Chasers (which I've never seen before) and a lovely pair of Marsh Harriers in quite amazingly hot, sunny weather.
• The Swifts are still in the roof and live on the webcam, just. My guess is that they'll fledge this week, after the rain we're due (AT LAST!!) tonight.
• Our first water lily flower of the year (we'll have two this year) flowered whilst we were in fenland. Very nice to see.
• Interesting moths attracted to the trap before this weekend included a "Buff Arches" and a "Gothic"