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Thursday 2 August 2012

Alpine Swift

The month got off to an excellent start with an Alpine Swift gracing the patch yesterday. Initially very mobile, I first caught up with it over Sheringham, before it finally settled down over Beeston Bump in the evening. Remarkably its now the sixth one that I've seen over the Bump, and the seventh in total for the patch, but was also notable for being the first outside of the spring period.

As it continued to linger, I popped back for a couple of hours today during which time it put in a few brief appearances viewable from the top of the Bump, allowing for a few record shots to be obtained, a montage of which are included below.