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| felixcanis |
And it's Good-Bye from the Swallows...Knew it couldn't last, but it's always a bit sad to see the last of the Martins & Swallows.Thursday there were loads in the sky - catching great mothfuls of midges & clegs. By Sunday, they were all gone. The sky is so quiet now. Autumn can't be far away - we have a Buck Roe in one of our fields - he seems to lurk in the margins - he's barking madly, trying to attract some new company. Anyone else lost their summer lodgers? Kind regards FelixC |
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| lachlanandmarcus |
yep, the last straggler swallow left on Friday :-(( and we followed a very sedate buck up the track while he barked his invitations to all and sundry on Sat evening! The robin has reappeared singing for all he is worth... | ||
| Sassinak |
We still had swallows yesterday, but haven't noticed any today | ||
| kimmie |
we still had swallows and housemartins this evening, also noticed the starlings are gathering in huge groups as are the rooks....wont be long before we see the geese fly over! 
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| lachlanandmarcus |
umm the geese left me today :-((( | ||
| Townie |
I have a wee robin visiting me at the moment, will check tomorrow for the swallows and martins | ||
| wildgarlic |
still got swallows down here - but guess that's not a big surprise. Will all be gone by the time I get back up in October. | ||
| andybebbington |
thought i had posted this last week but must of got lost when computer was playing up geese are well and truelly back been about for a fortnight or so | ||
| lachlanandmarcus |
they only reached me today! 2 great big Vs! | ||
| Townie |
We still had swallows here at the weekend 
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| lachlanandmarcus |
that'll be subtropical Fife 
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| DiddleDeDum |
Couldn't work out for ages what was botherning me on the way home from Aberdeen at the back of lunchtime - it was the GEESE - they're back - & I still haven't visited the folk I promised to visit when I sent them their Christmas Cards last year!! | ||
| Townie |
It is indeed  I could hear the swallows but couldnt see them, had to look for ages they were so high up!
On the way home from work today I saw a beautiful sight... about a dozen-20 Lapwings flying in a field, never seen so many together before, was lovely to see, I did a double take from the motorway (wasnt driving tho )
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| kimmie |
saw our first lot of geese this morning! and we still have a couple of swallows left but no doubt they will be gone by the end of the week 
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| Maria |
Our swallows have gone...and their little ones....ahhh....and left us lots of poop to clear out of the shed. Is there such a thing as a happy grrrrr.  
On the upside they've left a lovely wee nest which might be something for the little one to take into school and show. We'll have to think of a way of housing them outside the shed next year so they don't poop on everything. 
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| Sassinak |
I couldn't figure out how the swallows had managed to get into the stables to nest until I happened to see them one day.
We have a hole punched in each door to thread a chain through so that we can padlock them when we are away. The holes are about 1.5 - 2" diameter and the swallows were happily using them as a doorway haha |
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| felixcanis |
Hi Sass
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/...nch-gap-at-35-miles-per-hour.html The link should take you to an article & pic from the Daily T. An Amazing photo. Kind regards FelixC |