Having got home this evening, we took a short walk up the road from us.
Still no opportunities to get acceptable images of all the resident Swifts that fly around us, but we still have some time- and hopefully we will find a nest that we can view without disturbing the residents or drawing too much attention to ourselves!
But- we did spot a new neighbour...
...perched upon a rooftop, under the close observation of some of our other neighbours...
...sitting upon her nest, was a Herring Gull- and at least one of the eggs has clearly hatched already!
(Some of the mottled brown fluff is the backside of a young chick)
As we walked past, the chick was standing up, clearly visible (if you know where to look!). A shame that by the time we got back with cameras the nest had settled for brooding- but there is always next time. Watch this space, as they say!
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