Swifts log 2024
Inside the nest boxes now:
Mon 6 May, box #1: Our first swift of the 2024 season arrived this evening at 8.11pm.
Wed 8 May: Swift arrived in #4 at 10am; another in #2 at 8.19pm. Total of three birds roosting tonight.
Fri 10 May: Swift arrived in #3, and partners for #2 and #4, so 6 birds in all roosting tonight.
Sat 11 May: one bird roosting in #1 last night, but two flew in together at 7.30am and roosted tonight. Although there was a pair in #2 last night, tonight only one roosted.
Sun 12 May: #3 partner arrived at 1.14pm but did not roost. It looks as if there is now a pair for every box, but only those in #4 are consistently roosting together.
Wed 15 May: Although all our birds have been seen in pairs since Sunday, last night was the first night with a roosting pair in every box.
Thus 16 May: the pair in #4 have been spending more time together in the box than other pairs over the last few days, and laid our first egg today. I think that one of this pair is the first swift to nest here, in 2017, and who acquired a new partner last year.
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Temperature chart
This chart shows the maximum and minimum temperatures in box #2 this summer. Box #2 is usually the one that gets warmest, being inside the top west corner of the gable end.
