While it's fair to say this summer has been warmer and drier than last year, well maybe July, the fledging of our summer visitors hasn't been too visual.
Certainly the swifts have been successful, and there are often family groups circling high above the garden on most evenings this month.
The screeching sound of the swifts is a fantastic summer sound, although it'll soon be gone again for another year.
The swallows haven't been seen in family groups, although individuals are regularly seen and heard. I do wonder if the wet spells in June impacted the nest, just like the swallow family on Springwatch.
If that has been the case, then the weather recently has certainly been much better, so hopefully we'll hear the sounds of young swallows in the coming days.
The garden birds are certainly not around as much, which is normal for this time of year. But a family of long tailed tits has visited the garden twice recently, so perhaps the parents are showing the youngsters where to get winter food.
Having said that, only this morning I've already heard a family of blue tits, great tits, wrens and robins around the garden, so they're either recent fledglings or they have stuck around a bit longer because of food.
The tomatoes and broad beans haven't been successful this year, although I'm hoping the spell of warm weather next week will help growth.
