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Swifts have gone from Leicester city area where I work, all in a day or two it seems. Haven't noticed chiffchaff calling from my local copse in the last week either. Autumn draws in!

I've noticed Swallows gathering in large flocks on Telegraph wires, a sign of change perhaps?

Most of the swifts have gone from the glasgow area now, but just a couple hanging on today.

I came back from holiday on Monday to find 'my' swifts gone - they have nested in my eaves, in Reading, for the past three years ... no early morning wake-up screech until next year!

i live in Upminster, Essex and have noticed the swifts have been absent for the last 2-3 weeks. The last time I went for a walk I didn't hear a single chiffchaff. I feel somewhat sad as we only had these beauties for such short space of time, but i am looking forward to the winter migration here.

The swifts where i keep my horse are still around but numbers are going down,so i am presuming they are leaving gradually.Do buzzards migrate aswell?Tonight when i was walking my dog near the horse field i saw a buzzard feeding on the ground after a successful hunt,stood watching it for about 15 minutes,it was amazing!

My local Swifts left on their regular date of the 11th August, they seem to go on the same day every year.

I live in north staffordshire and we notice the first half of July we were inundated with sparrows and starlings and the swift were everywhere and then coming to the end of the third week of July we have seen nothing. Everyone is commenting where have all the birds gone. All we see is 2 crows and 1 pidgeon and occassionally magpies. Does anybody know why

We went on holiday 3rd week of July and our garden was full of birds on our return in 6 days theres not any birds to be seen not even the magpies which are always around and wood pigeons please can anyone comment on what has happened my garden feels very lonely without them, were they upset because we left them or has migration started early does anyone know?

I live in Northern Ireland and we have swallows who have just hatched a new clutch of eggs. I was hoping that this meant we were going to get some good weather!

I live in North Hampshire and we have a pair of Turtle Doves that visit are garden every year. Still in teh garden ATM. Have not see any young this year though.

i have a swallows nest in my garage with three eggs in
my question is, is this a bit for a second brood ?

I live in Somerset on an old farm with a very healthy group of swallows who return here every year, we had about 6 Pairs return this year and there were approx 50 of them few weeks ago However a couple of weeks ago there were only about 20 of them around and I was concerned that the Peregrine falcon or Hobby's who actively hunt them in our yard and fields had killed a large number of them. However most of that number have now returned - where have they been? Are they practising long distance flights? (On the Peregrine/Hobby's - We are not 100% sure which one is the culprit we have witnessed them hunting quite a few times but have never been quick enough to identify it for sure, earlier this week one had actually followed the swallows into the shed but had got stuck in there because the opening is quite awkward and narrow and it was only because my husband had heard the commotion he open the shed that it flew out, again didn't identify it.)

The swifts swarmed overhead this morning in Lewes near the south coast. Now they're gone, south presumably. They must have been the last to leave.

Thanks to everyone who has commented on the departure of Swifts. Most have now gone, as illustrated by the , though there are small numbers hanging around (there was one at the reserve yesterday, for example).

#8. Anne / #9. tinkerbelle - an absence of birds in your garden at this time of year is likely to be the result of birds like tits flocking together in post-breeding groups, then roaming around to take advantage of the natural food supplies that are still plentiful in late summer. For the next few weeks (until the weather gets colder) it will be quite normal to see very few birds for much of the time, then sudden 'rushes' when a flock passes through your garden.

evening,there is still quite a few swifts in the area i keep my horses,i counted at least 10 yesterday,i was wondering if these are this years fledglings?they don't seem to be in hurry to leave even with weather changing,just hope they don't leave it too late to start migrating.also not seeing as many buzzards over the horses,do they migrate?

We seem to have had at least 100 Swallows passing through our garden this afternoon. We live on the Kentish coast in South East England. The only trouble is the birds seem to be flying DUE NORTH?! Can anyone explain as I am a keen bird noticer at best I am afraid to say!

About 200 Geese gathered at the moment on the old Brickworks pond here in Rhyl, I think they are Canada Geese and they've been gathering slowly for a while now but multiplying rapidly. Looks fantastic when they are all in the air

I heard a lot of geese a couple of days ago in Kirkby, Liverpool. Not sure if they were arriving or leaving as I could not see them

Most of the Canada Geese took off this afternoon, what a noise, had to run out to see them. Amazing, the pond really looks empty now, but quite tatty round the edges where they've been preening and the feathers have floated to the side.