John Young's swift diary

Tue 28/05/2013

I put three swift boxes on the gable of my house, along with the sound system.ï¿½ Iï¿½ve been playing the sounds since the start of May with no sign of any swifts up until this afternoon.ï¿½ Today I was outside and I saw two swifts circling the house!ï¿½ They have remained present all day and I heard them calling back in response to the recorded sounds.ï¿½ They have clung on to the side of the house, but not really close to the nest boxes.ï¿½

Sat 01/06/2013
This week I noticed four swifts paying attention to the boxes.ï¿½ That evening I saw two swifts fly directly into the middle box within seconds of each other and presumably roost there overnight.ï¿½ Yesterday evening there were swifts in the middle and left hand box.

Mon 31/03/2014
Of my three boxes, one remained empty, box 4 had a successful breeding pair and box 5 had a nest built within but had no signs of eggs or chicks.ï¿½I have purchased another four boxes so that will be seven in total for 2014!

ï¿½	bird 1	bird 2	egg 1	egg 2	egg 3	1st out	2nd out	3rd out	1 fledged	2 fledged	3 fledged
box 1	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 2	ï¿½	ï¿½	29/5	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 3	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 4	ï¿½	ï¿½	29/5	1/6	1/6	18/6	18/6	ï¿½	29/7 ï¿½ 21.15	29/7 ï¿½ 21.30	ï¿½
box 5	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 6	ï¿½	17/6	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½
box 7	ï¿½	ï¿½	10/6	12/6	ï¿½	1/7	2/7	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½	ï¿½

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