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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	28 Jul 2013 12:31
	I haven't seen any but there were swifts circling the other day and I had not seen swifts for years.
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 1,502 Send Message	~~ Jules in Wiltshire~~	Report	28 Jul 2013 12:35
	Yes thousands of them in my bedroom, all over my bed etc....It was like this last year too....They are in the cavity wall insulation as I could hear them :-S I slept in the spare bedroom..... Jules x
	Researching: Madgwick, Champion, Pont, Ramus, Hall, Pitt, Rudland, Coates, Wheatley, Collins, Van Staaden, Filmer....
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 7,403 Send Message	kandj	Report	28 Jul 2013 12:43
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 7,403 Send Message	We have the flying ants in kitchen/conservatory every year but thankfully never in the bedrooms!! Have noticed they tend to fly 25/26 July too... how weird is that?? We are VERY happy to see them go but no doubt they will come visiting again next year.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	28 Jul 2013 14:49
	I remember going to Bognor for the day when i was a teenager. The place was swarming with flying ants and we were covered in the bruddy things. It was the worst day of my life..............Brrrr!! :-0 No.........actually forget that. There was the day my Dad caught me trying to smoke one of his non tipped woodbines out of the bathroom window. Yeah..........that was the worst day of my life. :-S :-S :-D :-D
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 17,300 Send Message	Island	Report	28 Jul 2013 15:08
	Eeew.. I wouldn't want them on my bed :-0 Sharron, we've got swifts squealing overhead, I'm sure they are here every summer. It's a real treat for us, being new to the area, sitting in the garden and hearing then spotting them. Prickolls........you should have locked the door. Skankarama! :-0 :-D
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,775 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	28 Jul 2013 15:15
	You all seem to be in the South of England?? I've never seen any flying ants here (West of Scotland) but I don't remember them from when I lived in Hampshire either.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 17,300 Send Message	Island	Report	28 Jul 2013 17:28
	What makes you think we're all in the south of England Andysmum? :-S :-D
	Researching: I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 1,789 Send Message	Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend	Report	28 Jul 2013 18:21
	Ooeer well I didn't know that apparently flying ants appear on the same day every year because that's when they mate ;-) ;-) ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18983219
	Researching: The Family
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 2,668 Send Message	Cooper	Report	28 Jul 2013 18:35
	We have had three resident pigeons this year in the garden who eat all day long from dawn to dusk. I think they have eaten the entire population of ants because I have seen very few this year :-D Teresa
	Researching: Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,775 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	28 Jul 2013 22:15
	Sorry about the delay - it was a guess, from JulesinWiltshire and visits to Bognor. Probably wrong!!
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	28 Jul 2013 22:39
	The Bognor i went to was in the Bahamas Andysmum. ;-) :-D :-D
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: January 2008 Posts: 2,775 Send Message	Andysmum	Report	28 Jul 2013 23:06
	You learn something new every day!! :-) :-)