'The swifts are back!'

摘要

"They"re back!" My first glimpse of swifts hurtling over rooftops in early May is one of my high points of the year. It has been eight and a half months since I last looked up and saw that scimitar-winged silhouette, more than 260 days since I heard that thrilling scream. "Thetfre backl" I can't resist sharing the news with friends; Richard Mabey emails to say 'his* swifts have arrived, too. This is the precise point at which summer arrives.