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Our First Swallows


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13 hours ago, Silverhooker said:

Best year so far for sand martins in north Cumbria, hundreds in the nearby sand quarry. 5 years ago we had bee eaters in the sand Martin colony, but they’ve never been back.

We had a flock of Bee Eaters around that time, again not seen one since.  Rape was in flower so plenty of bees about.  I happened to have my video camera on me at the time.  The bird''s flight first caught my attention, slightly woodpeckery without the loops.  A few wing beats then a short glide all in level flight accompanied by a sound like water dripping

"Blip blop"  Blip blop"

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We don't usually get them till a couple of weeks into May so I'm not looking yet but we have had some warm days and clear skies till this weekend and now it's grey clouds but still warm. I walk up to the higher ground locally to watch them when they are here. They always seem to appear there before we get the lower down.

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Saw some swifts on Thursday 7th May so they are about same as last year but I went down the farm this weekend for some eggs and there are swallows nesting in the barn with young uns so they have been here a while.

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