Rain on and off all day. The garden looks much brighter. Not much swift activity. Just managed to catch the chicks not on top of each other. Starting to look like little swifts.

A much warmer and sunnier dat today. While in the garden had 5 swifts swooping round the house. One of the chicks seems determined to get out of the nest, which is only a joist with a few feathers on. At least he is not going too far today, it has to be a he. Short clip showing this.

Cooler again today. Even needed a jumper this morning. While out in the garden 4 swifts flying around. The adults in the bedroom nest out most of the day. The chicks are doing well. A short clip. They have been next to each other like this all day. Any change later will add another clip.

Much cooler today. four screaming round the house this morning otherwise a quiet swift day. Both chicks doing well. Clip showing both chicks.

A bit cooler today. The errant swift returned to the nest last night. The nest is getting a bit crowded at night with all 4 swifts present. Could not get a decent video today. Will try again tomorrow.

6 swifts screaming round the house while I was weeding the garden. Unfortunately I was stuck in a fruit cage so unable to get out for a good view. It’s nearly 8pm and looking at the camera I have a horrible feeling that the adventurous chick may be off for a stroll again. I hope not. Will wait til the morning if he does before thinking of intervening again.

Two fairly chaotic days so apologies for the lack of blogs. Was busy today then when I had the chance to sit down checked the cam only to find one chick a long way from the nest and looking not too great. I decided to get it back to the nest a job I have done many times over the years. With the help of a pond fishing net in a very hot eves managed to return it to the nest. 2 clips. One before and one after.

With all that excitement forgot that this morning counted a group of 11 swifts screaming round the house. Most so far this year.

The summer solstice. Some rain this morning but not enough for the garden. A couple of very busy days. The 2 remaining swifts are looking very healthy. A short clip showing them.

The third swift was still there this morning. Evidence of a cane that I tried to help it with unsuccessfully. Tried again this afternoon but no luck. Two clips one from this morning showing the third chick and this afternoon showing the remaining pair.

After I posted yesterday I had to rescue one chick that had left the nest and was just below the camera. At this age it would not have been able to get back to the nest. All seemed well until this evening. It is Father’s Day today so was out for lunch and entertaining. This evening only 2 chicks in the nest. One had got stuck behind the stone to the right of the nest. The adults seem to be completely unaware of it. I tried to help out but I can’t find any way of reaching it. It is small and week. You can see a cane on the video that I used to try to access it but no luck. Clip shows 2 chicks in the nest and if you look carefully a small chick behind the stone to the right.