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Mair Rigby<p>Time to start scanning the sky for the arrival of the first swifts.</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Dr David Mills<p>In happier news, the <a href="https://8bitorbust.info/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> are back. I just spotted 6 or 7.</p>
Pete<p>2nd May 2025. First <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swifts</span></a> spotted high above Hertfordshire. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rondone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rondone</span></a></p>
Stephen J Henstridge<p>2nd of May and I've just seen the first 3 <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> of the year</p>
Stephen J Henstridge<p>2nd of May and I&#39;ve just seen the first 3 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swifts</span></a> of the year</p>
distrustful dinosaurs<p>THE SCREAMY BOIS HAVE MADE IT BACK TO BERLIN </p><p>my favorite picture of a swift from last year – can't wait to spend more time with them this summer 🪶</p><p><a href="https://pigeons.club/tags/swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swift</span></a> <a href="https://pigeons.club/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> <a href="https://pigeons.club/tags/urbanwildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanwildlife</span></a> <a href="https://pigeons.club/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p>🚨 Big news!!! 🚨</p><p>The <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> have arrived!!! ❤️❤️❤️ <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
CurlyParakeet<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> are back for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beltane</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
Jules<p>Just heard my first <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swifts</span></a> of the year while cycling to work. You can't get that while trapped in a car 😊</p>
Angela Glansbury 🚽<p>🎶 guess who just got back today<br>those screamy boys that had been away<br>didn't have that much, er, had quite a lot to say 🎤😾 🎵 </p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swifts</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/BirdFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFacts</span></a></p>
Rob Agar🐀<p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> are back in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> 😃</p>
radiONext<p>As of today the Swifts are back in town - „Sreeeeeee!“ //<br>Seit heute sind die Mauersegler wieder zurück - „Sriiiiiii!“ ☺️💫✨<br><br><a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/birdmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birdmigration</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/mauersegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mauersegler</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/vogelzug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vogelzug</span></a> <a href="https://radionxt.uber.space/tags/vogel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vogel</span></a></p>
Hesperalis<p>First swift of the year spotted over my garden. 25 miles south of London UK. My cup runneth over.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Anarchic Teapot ⚧️<p>The <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> are back! Evening scream-by in progress.</p>
Andrew Shields<p>I heard them before I saw them: the first swifts of the year in Basel. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Basel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Basel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swifts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migration</span></a></p>
Koen Hufkens, PhD<p>First swift arrived yesterday at the colony. This one carrying one of our GPS loggers.</p><p>Mandatory, Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town song:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIE5wwvicew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=wIE5wwvicew</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ornithology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/movementecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movementecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPS</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> joy. Just been out for a vape &amp; the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> have been joined by a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/housemartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housemartin</span></a> . The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/swallows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swallows</span></a> can't be far behind. I'll keep you posted. Yes, I suffer from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAD</span></a> and it's been a cruel <a href="https://mas.to/tags/April" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April</span></a> till today. 😁🥰 n.b. my 'office' is desk #5 in the Library, 😁</p>
Katzentratschen<p>Ihr erinnert euch an die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fundsegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fundsegler</span></a>, die ich letzten Sommer zu Mona gebracht habe? Für die Sanierung und den Ausbau ihrer Mauersegler-Pflegestation braucht sie eure Unterstützung:</p><p><a href="https://gofund.me/b54acd40" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gofund.me/b54acd40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mauersegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mauersegler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swifts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apusapus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apusapus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birding</span></a></p>
silmeth 🇺🇦<p>Some of my least bad photos from 2024 – taken since I bought my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Olympus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Olympus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Em5Mark3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Em5Mark3</span></a>. A short 🧵.</p><p>I won’t claim any of them is good, but it’s nice to summarize a year, I guess. 😅</p><p>1. Swifts around the balcony of my flat.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Swifts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MicroFourThirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MicroFourThirds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Darktable</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BirdsOfMastodon</span></a></p>
IngloriousBustards<p>As well as the continuing passage of soaring migratory <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> the passage of smaller travellers is also evident now here in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Straits</span></a>! </p><p>Red-rumped <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swallows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swallows</span></a> and Alpine <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swifts</span></a> amass among skies full of Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eagles</span></a> as the bushes and trees are alive with the sound and movement of both European Pied (pics) and Spotted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Flycatchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flycatchers</span></a>, <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Warblers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warblers</span></a> and more😊</p><p>Hard to know where to look first! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlywayBirding</span></a></p>