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Today is a special one as the swifts just reappeared. I really can't explain how much of a mood lift it was to look out and see the screaming devil birds stealth fightering about overhead this morning. Magical.
Went out at lunchtime and could sit on a bench that's buried in a hedge and had swifts zooming only a few feet above my head, incredible
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Just saw this and fuck yes about the mood lift of seeing swifts.
greentricky
Chalfie
@Dooks-Fatberg
Same. I was obsessed with birds as as a kid and spend my childhood poring over reference books, learning to identify bird calls, drawing endless peregrine falcons. That all fell away when girls and guitars hove into view in my early teens and I never really got back into it.
The collecting aspect of formally recording and competing with other spotters never appealed so i've never considered myself a "birder" or a "spotter" - but i've always got an eye on the sky whenever I'm outside or near a window. I would like to get some decent bins or teach myself to use a camera properly at some point, but i've probably got enough hobbies to spend time and money on so mainly i'm content just watching.
Moving to a ricketty medieaval town in East Kent a few years back means we get a lot of nesting birds which is great, plus i'm able to get out on the marshes and to the coast very easily. I've been steadily rekindling my love of just observing the fantastic birdlife we get here.
Today is a special one as the swifts just reappeared. I really can't explain how much of a mood lift it was to look out and see the screaming devil birds stealth fightering about overhead this morning. Magical.