Forked Tailed Swifts

[Terry Munro <>]

Today around 11AM whilst waiting for a bus at Watson shops I saw what I believe were 4 FTS amoung 7 or 8 dusky woodswallows. They were hawking quite high almost directly overhead. I was alerted to them by the calls of the DW's. Although I didn't have bins I noted they were about the same size as the DW's but had comparative  long pointy wings with a shortish pointy tails. They appeared quite dark in colour with no sign of white on them. I t was a surprise as they are usually seen near rain clouds & not on sunny days. They to headed off in a W/NW direction with the DW's.

Terry Munro