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Swifts

  • 15-07-2016 6:57pm
    #1
    Half-cocked
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    In previous years I have occasionally seen 1 or 2 swifts over my garden in the Baldoyle/Sutton area. This year, I am seeing 6 to 10 birds every day. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed an increase in swift numbers or if this is just a localized jump in numbers?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Quite the reverse. One appeared a couple of weeks ago, glided about for a few hours and.... gone. Nothing since.


  • #3
    vandriver
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    Very few in Rathmines compared to other years.


  • #4
    TopTec
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    Been in Mayo 5 years, not a Swift to be seen. On the bounce side though the Swallow population seems to have increased.

    TT


  • #5
    TedR
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    I have a few annual families of swifts that screel around over the house, south Dublin, but last year little or nothing.
    Happy to say this year the numbers seem pretty much back as they were. Also have a few swift parties overflying a place I stay on NCR beside Mater Hospital too. Hope we can keep our swifts, such an amazing bird


  • #6
    Half-cocked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    Had a flock of 18-20 high over the house yesterday evening. Possibly a new nesting site in the area.


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  • #7
    Capercaillie
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    Half-cocked wrote: »
    Had a flock of 18-20 high over the house yesterday evening. Possibly a new nesting site in the area.
    Probably bangers, non-breeding birds that hang around together.


  • #8
    cameramonkey
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    In Dublin saw 8 in Harolds Cross yesterday and also a few in Sandymount.


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