JamesO'Neill
Formation flying
While out doing swift nest surveys, I came across a particularly active colony in the middle of the countryside, in an old derelict farmhouse. There were only about 10 nests, but it attracted in the young birds prospecting for nests - there were about 40 swifts screaming low around the building, as low as head level. It is really hair raising when they whizz over your head, screaming the place down!
Formation flying
While out doing swift nest surveys, I came across a particularly active colony in the middle of the countryside, in an old derelict farmhouse. There were only about 10 nests, but it attracted in the young birds prospecting for nests - there were about 40 swifts screaming low around the building, as low as head level. It is really hair raising when they whizz over your head, screaming the place down!