In my early birding days (mid 1970s) swifts (mainly WTN) were a regular summer observation. From November onwards but surely they would be seen by the last week of December. This continued well into my years in Canberra, indeed the WTN
was an inclusion on V2 of the GBS chart. I think I saw none last year (i.e. 2016/17), I think only one the year before, and none so far this summer, even with days of what would be thought of as suitable weather. But that is just me, I don’t get out much
but I have been looking. What is concerning is no one has so far mentioned any in our AOI on this line.
Philip
