Never a dull day. I could hear something flapping around in the kids’ room and I thought it was the blinds due to the wind. I was wrong. This poor little Swift (Apus apus) (which has a nest just outside and above the window) had got in and was panicking to get out. I wore a leather glove but she had so little fight left in her that she didn’t bother struggling or pecking. It took a while to get her to let go as she just wanted to sit there and rest but eventually I managed to make her fly off.
At first I believed it was a House Martin as we get thousands every summer. However, this year we also seem to have lots of swifts for the first time
It makes a change from lizards and snakes, though…. Now somebody’s going to have to clean up the mess she left on the interior window sill….
