Tycjan Chmiel

#ŚląskaSwifts 2026 update: Still none the wiser as to how many breeding pairs, as there’s been so much swapping. But 9 out of 10 boxes are occupied - a record! Now the bangers are arriving to cause chaos - two of them got tangled up in a hanging basket this morning but escaped unharmed 👍😺

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! 😺 #FirstBirdOfMyDay

Here’s a shot from yesterday’s forest walk 😺

Yesterday’s walk from home all the way up to the #LasArkoński Forest Park was a real treat - no Sunday crowds, just me and my woodland pals 😻 (more media underneath as Bluesky doesn’t let me post mixed media, for some reason) #Szczecin

Pogoń Szczecin’s last game of the season summed up the entire campaign - winning 1-0 until the 88th min, goalie handballs outside the area, gets sent off, all the subs used, former player then duly scores in 90+5. The only consolation was that the draw meant that Legia didn’t qualify for Europe 😹

Time for a #ŚląskaSwifts 2026 update! Big influx this weekend & Swifts have started partner & box swap shenanigans. So far, have seen pairs in boxes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9, with singletons in 2, 7 & 10, but I think there’s probably only about 6 in total! Here are 2 from boxes 6 & 1 entering 😺

I declare the #ŚląskaSwifts 2026 season open! 😺😺😺 #Szczecin

This winter I put out a small heated water dish for the birds & while I’ve turned off the heater I kept the water. I’ve seen Sparrows & Blue Tits drinking & bathing in it, but today look who came to visit! See what he’s doing, the clever chappie! #Crow #HoodedCrow #Szczecin

Pumpkin has learned how to be a good little brother and play fight gently with Big Ginge (sometimes!). He rolls on his back and lets BG ‘attack’ him 😺 #GinjaBoiz

Look at these two twits trying to build their nest on a far too narrow ledge above a chemist’s in central #Szczecin. They keep flying back down to pick up the sticks that have fallen off their nest. I bet they’ll get there in the end, though. Somehow Woodpigeons manage! 😹