Swallows! (of course it's non)

[Ken Baileys Ghost]

Saw first of them this morning.

Cheered me up no end.




So much so that we are going up and Woodgate is God.

 

[Lord Snooty]

If a swallow craps on your head before the end of April you will have many children.
Dear old Auntie Eva told me this.

 

[stanthevan]

 

[stanthevan]

View attachment 5490

Found this guy at work this morning.

 

[Ivyhouse]

Saw first of them this morning.

Cheered me up no end.




So much so that we are going up and Woodgate is God.

I’m a member of several social media groups for nature and birding and have noticed this year a trend towards calling them Barn Swallows, apparently the official designation.

 

[SlowDownDerek]

Found this guy at work this morning.

He doesn't look like he's at work.

 

[stanthevan]

He doesn't look like he's at work.

He’s done more work on that nest than any of the lazy buggers here!

 

[tedisking]

He’s done more work on that nest than any of the lazy buggers here!

Is perhaps he a she ?

 

[sdrltd55]

Is perhaps he a she ?

Or gender neutral?

 

[GrahamH]

When do the Amazons arrive, that's what I want to know.

 

[Ken Baileys Ghost]

When do the Amazons arrive, that's what I want to know.

I find that Amazons arrive late and usually get left in next doors porch.

 

[johnycarper]

Sat up longham resi fishing two weeks ago hundreds of swallows but today not one,very strange.

 

[Bitzer]

Sat up longham resi fishing two weeks ago hundreds of swallows but today not one,very strange.

They've all headed for the Purbecks. It has its own micro climate you know.

 

[corfe_red]

I find that Amazons arrive late and usually get left in next doors porch.

Boom,Boom...................

 

[Ken Baileys Ghost]

Boom,Boom...................

I'm here all week.

However, swallows are here all summer.

A difficult bird.

They're a bugger to shoot and you need loads of them to make a pie.

 

[table]

You have to wait for Amazons to come, that's harder than getting a swallow in the shed : )