Swifts are fledging

Ian reports that:
Two chicks have now flown from box 1 – quite early at 37 days from hatching.
This video clip shows the second chick leaving on the morning of 17 July.
Two  chicks were then in box 3: one chick has died – lost the fight for food I think.
Just one chick in box 2 as far as I can tell, looks a bit weak probably because of poor weather last few days preventing food gathering.

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