Garden birds and insects

[Crastney]

I think he did - he's in Forest Hill, and they do have other swifts nearby.
I'm in Norwich, and have heard them a lot recently, but don't know if they nest nearby.
I did hear that they can fly long distances for food, such that the ones over Norwich might be nesting many miles away (even London?!)

[Moxi]

Going to extend this out to reptiles as well, we had a small common lizard on the patio last week, happily it was still skittering around when the boys came home from school so they were able to watch it for a while - we think we have a colony living in the front dry stone wall as we see them once or twice a year in warmer times. We also seem to be overrun with shield beetles and lily beetles this year.

Moxi

[ivan]

Haven't seen a common lizard since I was in primary school. Not very common at all!

[Richard77]

Thanks for suggesting the Merlin bird app... Great little app and free too!

Really good.