Overcast, light to heavy showers, 16º, light to fresh blustery
W.
Stopped off at Lollingdon Hill on the way home, 80+ Swifts feeding over the hill with more
over adjacent farmland in a light rain shower. With this many in one group I
wonder if this was a movement back south as it’s a possibility that a lot have
not bred this year due to the inclement weather and are heading back south
early. When I lived in Wallingford, I recorded the dates that most Swifts left
in the autumn over a 25-year period and I had a mean departure date of the 5th
August so this could be around 3 weeks early for departure.
Regular species resident on and around the hill seen/heard
and a few Meadow Brown butterflies
active in the rain.
Stock Doves still
feeding in the garden and a Green
Woodpecker in the meadow.
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