Swifts

 
Simon Cost
 
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Simon Cost
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12 September 2019 06:39
 

A single swift over Wellington on Tuesday (10th) near the usual nests, but heading in direct flight south, so not sure if it was a local, or passing through from further north.

 
Dan Lupton
 
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11 September 2019 19:07
 

A final swift over central Frome on the morning of Friday 6th September.  Any others later??

 
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G West
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04 September 2019 22:44
 

A small group of swifts at Kingweston, near Charlton Mackrell this morning. They were over open country, so presumably migrants, not local birds.

 
Dan Lupton
 
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04 September 2019 18:43
 

Yay!  2 swifts over central Frome last night around 6.30, with hirundines.  I keep watching the sky!

 
neville hiscox
 
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neville hiscox
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01 September 2019 09:30
 

3 this morning over the cheddar res’

 
Dan Lupton
 
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30 August 2019 22:48
 

And 3 over central Frome again on Thursday 29th.  Perhaps the same 3 as Tuesday 27th?  Let’s see if they are still there in September?

 
Chris Weedon
 
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29 August 2019 09:48
 

Three Swifts still lingering over Chipstable (29Aug).

Fully 10 days later than the 2014 record here.  Will they make it to September…?

 
Dan Lupton
 
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26 August 2019 19:15
 

I really thought Thursday 22nd was it, then I saw 1 swift over central Frome this morning, Monday 26th!

 
Dan Lupton
 
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20 August 2019 11:52
 

And another 5 over Frome, to add to the diminishing tide of sickle-birds in our skies.

 
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Richard Eagles
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20 August 2019 10:43
 

1 over Wyndham Park Yeovil early afternoon, 4 mid afternoon and 1 early evening.

 
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Alan Ashman
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19 August 2019 16:09
 

3 Swifts together over Catcott Lows this morning during rain showers as were many House Martins and quite a few Swallows.

 
Dan Lupton
 
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19 August 2019 15:35
 

6 over Frome centre Sunday morning, then one mid-morning today.

 
Derek Clark
 
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19 August 2019 14:54
 

At least two on my commute home today North of Ilchester at 1pm .

I had thought I’d seen the last of them. I have noted that an extreme date for them at Portland was 13th September in 2018 .

 
Geoff Trenner
 
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Geoff Trenner
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16 August 2019 10:32
 

5 or 6 over Butleigh High Street yesterday afternoon.

 
Frankie Macrow
 
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Frankie Macrow
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16 August 2019 10:23
 

Three swifts in Cheddar yesterday evening