tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post1338768942928847181..comments2024-03-10T14:33:50.262+00:00Comments on Regent's Park Birds: 1st Augustregents park birds.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-53120446888395789912007-08-02T15:09:00.000+00:002007-08-02T15:09:00.000+00:00Hi Piers,My work colleague also noted a large numb...Hi Piers,<BR/><BR/>My work colleague also noted a large number of swifts over his house yesterday evening. It might be fractionally early for them to be departing the UK. They do move great distances when looking for food, and this year I think they have struggled due to the bad weather. This could prompt them to go earlier than usual. We have recorded a couple of birds in the park that are at least three weeks early. I was in Norfolk for a long weekend and recorded my earliest Black and Red throated Divers, Arctic Skuas were also there in good numbers, possibly a week or to earlier than normal.regents park birds.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05857667944318385224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16314333.post-92103947547698761912007-08-02T12:15:00.000+00:002007-08-02T12:15:00.000+00:00Hi Tony,Quite large movement of swifts (300+) yest...Hi Tony,<BR/><BR/>Quite large movement of swifts (300+) yesterday evening at 6.30 heading SW from Gloucester Gate. Don't know if this is early for them to be heading south?<BR/><BR/>PiersPiers Aitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615662756111473207noreply@blogger.com