Trim discovers another part of its Heritage.
Peter Farrell of Loman Street said they would be back on the 4th May plus or minus 12 hours. Sure enough I saw my first returning swift over Trim Castle bang on that date. Peter grew up on Loman Street and has a sixth sense for swifts. He can even tell to which house a certain bird nest. Numbers of swifts gradually increased during May. With this knowledge, Peter, Asier Pagazaurtundua and myself put up three Genesis nest boxes on the highest point on the town hall. This was just in time for the non-breeding birds to inspect them on their arrival back from Africa. Peter in action, some eight metres up, creating our "swift tower" next door to the tower of Trim Castle (and swift high in the sky behind). Thanks to Brian and Kim in Trim Tidy Towns for co-ordinating the funding and Andrew O’Brien for the hydraulic platform to access this site. The boxes will support the swift colony already established for decades on Castle Street. Trim Tidy towns got a grant from Meath County Coun