Saw my first swifts of the year yesterday which is rather late in the year - they'll be back off to Africa as soon as they've arrived.
What amazing birds. They fledge and then spend the next 2 or 3 years entirely on the wing. Don't land at all. Sleep, drink, feed, mate all on the wing.
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About Me
- Gary
- In my twenties I was a failed poet. In my thirties I wrote a book on gambling which was very nearly published. In my forties I wrote a small book about moving from London to Shropshire, which remains unpublished. Into my fifties and the quest continues...
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