Comments on: Swifts Locally Extinct http://environmentdebate.co.uk/2008/05/25/swifts-locally-extinct/ information, opinion, conversation Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Matt http://environmentdebate.co.uk/2008/05/25/swifts-locally-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-3015 Matt Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:36:31 +0000 http://environmentdebate.co.uk/?p=657#comment-3015 Funnily enough we had some fantastic aerobatics from swifts Sunday early evening here in North London. I've never seen them dive so low, just 2 metres from my head. Know I wasn't the target! They were just having a lot of fun and popping up to the eaves, maybe for a few bugs. And circling the old oak tree like a brilliant high speed circus act. Swifts really are wondeerful. Funnily enough we had some fantastic aerobatics from swifts Sunday early evening here in North London. I’ve never seen them dive so low, just 2 metres from my head. Know I wasn’t the target! They were just having a lot of fun and popping up to the eaves, maybe for a few bugs. And circling the old oak tree like a brilliant high speed circus act. Swifts really are wondeerful.

]]> By: Earthpal http://environmentdebate.co.uk/2008/05/25/swifts-locally-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 Earthpal Mon, 26 May 2008 12:51:52 +0000 http://environmentdebate.co.uk/?p=657#comment-2979 Don't feel bad Pete. We all have things on our to-do lists that get left till it's too late. Thanks for the info anyway. Much as I like to think I keep up with environmental affairs, I was unaware of this. I wonder what makes them colonise in urban areas and choose to nest in concrete rather than treetops or cliffs. You're right, we just don't know what we've got till it's gone. Can you imagine a world without the birdsong? We might not always be aware of their singing but it would be utterly dull without it. Don’t feel bad Pete. We all have things on our to-do lists that get left till it’s too late.

Thanks for the info anyway. Much as I like to think I keep up with environmental affairs, I was unaware of this. I wonder what makes them colonise in urban areas and choose to nest in concrete rather than treetops or cliffs.

You’re right, we just don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone. Can you imagine a world without the birdsong? We might not always be aware of their singing but it would be utterly dull without it.

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