Its been a while. We have been away in Greece. There were a few swifts there (making me wonder why ours come all the way to the UK passing the Med with great weather and plenty of insects to the rain and wind here) but the birding highlight was the fledging of 5 swallows from a nest about 2 feet above a comfortable sitting place used most of the time.

Arriving home there was at least one swift on both nests then yesterday I got these 2 clips.

I was very lucky catching them at hand over. I think from their size that they hatched yesterday. One arrives to feed the two chicks while the one “at home” goes off to catch more insects for the chicks. This confirms that 2 chicks have hatched in this nest. I think at least one has hatched in the other nest but no confirmation yet. The camera on the other nest is too close so not in focus and hard to see detail.