Comments on: Swift Population Declining http://www.birdboxes.org/swift-population-declining/ Bird box news! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John http://www.birdboxes.org/swift-population-declining/comment-page-1/#comment-78 John Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:52:06 +0000 http://www.birdboxes.org/?p=75#comment-78 Hi Malcolm - thanks for your comment! Hi Malcolm – thanks for your comment!

]]> By: Malcolm Reid http://www.birdboxes.org/swift-population-declining/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Malcolm Reid Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:28:03 +0000 http://www.birdboxes.org/?p=75#comment-77 Swifts arrived here,S Wales valley, about usual time but only a few. Then in the cool spell in June they vanished, have only seen a few martins around since. Interestingly I did spot some swallows early in the year skimming water from a local pond (lake), not seen them around here before. Jackdaw numbers have declined in these parts as the rural ones used chimneys to nest in and many have been blocked off of removed entirely. Last year I only spotted one or two young jackdaws, probably due to poor weather conditions whereas this year they are back to about 5% of population. Swifts arrived here,S Wales valley, about usual time but only a few.
Then in the cool spell in June they vanished, have only seen a few martins around since.
Interestingly I did spot some swallows early in the year skimming water
from a local pond (lake), not seen them around here before.

Jackdaw numbers have declined in these parts as the rural ones used
chimneys to nest in and many have been blocked off of removed entirely.
Last year I only spotted one or two young jackdaws, probably due to poor
weather conditions whereas this year they are back to about 5% of population.

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