Unfortunately a juvenile Swift was found dead below the nest in our bedroom. The second one to have succumbed to the same fate. The first was un-feathered and only a day or so old, this latest was about half adult size. I think there is still at least one young bird in the nest.
Prior to this, in the very early hours, a Little Owl was calling in the churchyard very close to the house. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it.
Still in Foxton, a family party of recently fledged Goldcrests were in the large hedge at the back of the Cambridge-bound train platform. While in the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge, I noted Southern Hawker, Emperor, and male and female Banded Demoiselles amongst the usual damselflies.
