I'm with you Chris. I'm fortunate to have them in the skies here. My boxes are still empty after 6 years. One day.

This year they arrived in smaller numbers but when I thought they'd packed up two weeks ago, a nice group of 30+ circled above the town and I was fooled. It was the 5th (as last year) when a small gathering with martins and swallows surprised me and I've just spotted one.

Hooray for swifts. ✨️