Day 13 of #30dayswild

A day of 'good news, bad news' for #hirundines here in the Chiltern Hills, SE England.

A sultry day, there were #swifts screaming and feeding over my new home all day.

However, for the first (possibly second) time in 25 years, no #housemartins nested on my friend's neighbour's house. She is so sad: they form the summer soundtrack to her day, as the swifts (used to) do mine.

Our guests first full day here yesterday in The #Straits and we made sure we positioned ourselves right beneath the flow of soaring #migratorymayhem!

Booted and Short-toed Eagles, streams of Black Kites, Western Osprey, Montagu’s Harriers and White Storks poured through the challenging #14km bottleneck while Common and Pallid Swifts and masses of #Hirundines plugged the gaps !

Here a Short-toed Eagle makes Europe after the challenges of The Straits ! 😊