Swift numbers down over last couple of days. I thought as had gone as they couldn’t be heard in the evening, but then there is at least one bird still there. Do they all leave together?
Tonight whilst sitting in the garden, one bird swooped out of the roof and passed me by below head-height. It then joined the other twenty or so and did a screaming pass over the garden. I think they were saying goodbye! Won’t see them now until next summer. Definitely my favourite bird.
