Crieff Walk & Talk
Friday’s walk & talk went well. The rain held off until we finished at 10 and we were treated to a large high flying group (there are over 50 swifts in the photo below), low passes of screaming groups and various nest entries and exits. We even saw swifts mobbing a sparrow hawk.
All in all a great show for the last event of the season in Crieff. Keep an eye on them though and please report sightings, especially nest site locating; these last few days of their visit is one of the best opportunities to spot their comings and goings. You can contact me through this site.
This week, on the 26th July, Tayside Swifts will be running a Crieff event. We will walk around the town centre and look at known breeding sites while also looking for new ones and screaming groups. The weather should be good for a display. If you are interested in swifts, want to know more about swifts or would like to sign up as a spotter for the Crieff Swift Project in 2020, please come along. Also, there should be plenty of swallows and house martins around too, so if you're not sure which is which, this will be a good time to hear the details explained. The event is being hosted by Daniele Muir of Tayside Swifts and Perthshire Wildlife (see the links page). Andrew Rodger of the Crieff Swift Project will be there as well. Meet us at 8:30 p.m. in James Square. We will be the ones gazing upwards and possibly pointing!
All in all a great show for the last event of the season in Crieff. Keep an eye on them though and please report sightings, especially nest site locating; these last few days of their visit is one of the best opportunities to spot their comings and goings. You can contact me through this site.
This week, on the 26th July, Tayside Swifts will be running a Crieff event. We will walk around the town centre and look at known breeding sites while also looking for new ones and screaming groups. The weather should be good for a display. If you are interested in swifts, want to know more about swifts or would like to sign up as a spotter for the Crieff Swift Project in 2020, please come along. Also, there should be plenty of swallows and house martins around too, so if you're not sure which is which, this will be a good time to hear the details explained. The event is being hosted by Daniele Muir of Tayside Swifts and Perthshire Wildlife (see the links page). Andrew Rodger of the Crieff Swift Project will be there as well. Meet us at 8:30 p.m. in James Square. We will be the ones gazing upwards and possibly pointing!