Apus apus (Common swift) video

Now offline for the 2023 season, as the birds have left.
More detailed notes on swift activity are in the 2023 Swift diary.
Here is a page with some explanation of how I do the video.

Activity in camera boxes 2023 (prediction in red italic). See all years here.
YearNestAdult1Adult2Egg1Egg2Egg3HatchFledge1Fledge2Fledge3Comments
2023#1May-7May-9May-22May-24May-26Jun-13Jul-25x-1 parent only; 1 chick moved to nest #g1; 1 chick died.
2023#4May-7May-12May-27May-29May-31Jun-17xxxParent swifts disappeared.

Predicted dates above based on the average for previous nests with camera: last egg to hatching 19 days; hatching to first fledging 42 days.

Live video from some of Clarke Brunt's swift nestboxes. Click to start.
Please see the notes below.


Now offline for the 2023 season.

This is nestbox #1 in which swifts raised young each year from 2012 to 2023.

In 2023, a first adult swift arrived on 2023-May-7, and a second on 2023-May-9 (though it didn't remain overnight) - by 2023-May-12 there were two overnight. A first egg was laid on 2023-May-22, a second on 2023-May-24, and a third on 2023-May-26. The first egg hatched on 2023-Jun-13, and the others soon after. Some days later, one of the parent swifts disappeared, and on 2023-Jun-28 one of the 3 chicks was moved to another nest, to give the single parent more chance of raising the remaining two. Despite this, one of the remaining two died. The single young swift fledged on 2023-Jul-25.

The static picture from 2015 shows two adult swifts and their three young.


Now offline for the 2023 season.

This is nestbox #4 in which swifts raised young each year from 2014 to 2023.

In 2023, a first adult swift arrived on 2023-May-7, and a second on 2023-May-12, though only for the first time on 2023-May-19 were there two overnight. A first egg was laid on 2023-May-27, a second on 2023-May-29, and a third on 2023-May-31. The first egg hatched on 2023-Jun-17, a second the next day, and the third soon after. Some days later, the parent swifts disappeared, though a swift (presumably not one of the parents) has sometimes roosted overnight.

The static picture from 2016 shows both adult swifts at the nest.


Not online for the 2023 season.

This is 'starling' nestbox #sb2 in which swifts raised young each year from 2018 to 2021, but not in 2022.

I haven't had video from this nest since 2019.

The static picture from 2018 shows two chicks in the nest. The live video view is looking directly downwards. The 'front' of the nestbox is to the left (as opposed to lower-right in the static image) and a piece of rough wood is fixed on this side from the floor up to the entrance hole which is just off the image at left. The swifts climb the wood to reach the hole. See here in the 2018 diary for a photo of the outside of the box, and a description of it.


Notes

I don't guarantee that the video will remain online, or will be working at any given time, so try later if it doesn't work. Please don't leave the live video running for extended periods, especially if you're not actually watching it. You can close it (and return to the static image) without leaving the page by clicking the [x] at top-right of the video, or by hitting 'q' (while over the video). Hit 'f' while over the video for full-screen, or use the icon. Clicking the video (or spacebar) will pause or re-start it.

There might be audio as well as video.


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Author: Clarke Brunt (clarke.brunt@viridis.net)
Last modified: 2nd August 2023