Tag: Swallows

We have Swallows

I was wondering why our car was getting covered in bird poop and here is the reason. They must have started building the nest late in June and this is where they got to when this piccy was take on 7th of July. We checked it from time to time, but there didn’t seem to be any activity up until now in mid August. If you creep in quietly you can see a beak…


We have swallows.

A pair of Swallows have been building this nest since Early June. We came back from holiday to find it in an almost completed state. The couple produced three offspring which fledged the nest today. Bon Voyage on your long trip to Africa.


Country Life: June

Having moaned about the lack of birds at the bird table throughout  last month, they are back with a vengeance. I can only presume that as most of them would still have been nesting, they were passing up food on the table for something a little more alive!  While most of the fat balls are being eaten by the Magpies, the food of choice seems to be the crushed seed. Pretty much everything we…