The swifts have been on the nest most of the day but just now at 16.30 they went out together revealing 2 eggs.

Only back a few days and already an egg in the nest. It’s on the left side of the nest.

Been away for a few days but yesterday heard screaming swifts for the first time this year. What a lovely sound. Saw the 2 swifts flying round at the same time as the pair were on the bedroom nest so at least 4 swifts back.

Still having trouble with cameras this year. As we are hopefully moving this year I will use what I have. There have been reports of returning swifts for about 10 days. So I have been watching the one rather dark working camera and was rewarded tonight. It was lovely as they both arrived on the same day within an hour of each other. I have a long distance camera on the chimney nest but not sure if we will see anything with it. A video of the newly arrived bedroom nest pair.

A quick look this morning saw the last chick with an adult. Now at 12.20 the nest is empty. Both chicks successfully fledged. Bon voyage.

Yesterday there were 11 swifts screaming and flying very low around the house. Almost as if they are trying to persuade our remaining chick to leave the nest. Very few visits from adults who are probably not feeding the chick trying to encourage it to leave.

It seems to me that this year has gone by very quickly. After yesterdays blog the first chick fledged. We now have the other chick spending a lot of time staring out into the big wild world. I wish them both a safe return journey to Southern Africa.

Forgot to blog last night. Still the two chicks growing well. Clip of the chaos when adult returns with food.

I have been away for a few days and as the camera is quite old am not able to access it from the internet. Just at home. One clip showing there is not much room in the nest for four swifts.

Just realised I missed the weekend. Sorry. We have had a lot of rain over the last few days. Most of the time all 4 swifts at home. Two recordings from Saturday. The first showing the two chicks looking like adult birds. The second showing all 4 in the nest. Which are the chicks.