A Swift Manoeuvre

Before we'd installed the windows in the house, a couple of swifts had used the upstairs oak beams as a nesting place. They'd flown in through the upstairs window (or non-window, as it was then).

Yesterday morning Hay was startled by a swift flying in though the same window.

Someone else was a bit startled too...

Neighbour's cat, who we call Orange and tends to take over the house the minute a door is open.

Our cat, Kitty, just raced all over the place looking for a way to grab the swift, her face etched into what we call her Itchy and Scratchy face.

The swift eventually flew out through the French doors downstairs.