A good year for the swifts?

It looks like good news on the swift front this summer. Last year swifts suffered terribly because of the inclement weather conditions. Many were forced to abandon their nesting sites often having to leave ill-fated and under nourished young to perish. Many local swifts gave up the battle with the rain, wind and cold and moved away further south' or even migrated earlier than usual to warmer climes. This year, although the local swifts appeared to be late in arriving, they seemed to have had a good year so far. We were excited to discover a pair nesting under our cottage eaves and it was great to see them swooping past the window and up to the nest at amazing speeds. We are glad to report the young have already fledged and are 'screaming' around the nearby houses, often skimming low over the garden like noisy fighter planes.