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Billhook
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I know they are the original parents when they return to our car port as they buzz me, flying inches from my nose before settling on the old TV aerial where they twitter away while I ask them how was

Mark Bolam
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Slight tangent but I heard my first Cuckoo yesterday. Quick diary check showed 3 weeks later than last year, to the day. Pretty much in line with the bluebell ‘show’.   Still blood

Silverhooker
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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.

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Ours have been back for a few weeks. 

They've already claimed 2 of last years nests and are picking up insects galore with this lovely weather at the moment.

 

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I've seen half a dozen over Jevington, near Eastbourne, and the same again half a mile from here.  That's about it.  Hopefully there will be more but numbers seem to be decreasing yearly

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They have evovled as a species to live exclusively in human structures apparently so have less nesting sites if theres less old buildings around,  and theres also being a huge decline in insect total biomass in recent decades.

 

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6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Did barn swallows evolve thanks to humans? - The Wildlife Society

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What would a barn swallow be without barns? According to recent research, maybe nothing at all. After studying the...

 

 

A few yr ago I remember seeing 1000's of swallows all at once was spetacular.

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16 minutes ago, Stere said:

They have evovled as a species to live exclusively in human structures apparently so have less nesting sites if theres less old buildings around,  and theres also being a huge decline in insect total biomass in recent decades.

 

barnswallows.png

6554b6be8c0d829a8bf63ae0c82cf121_link.pn Did barn swallows evolve thanks to humans? - The Wildlife Society

WILDLIFE.ORG
What would a barn swallow be without barns? According to recent research, maybe nothing at all. After studying the...

 

 

A few yr ago I remember seeing 1000's of swallows all at once was spetacular.

Sounds like we all need to build open sided timber drying sheds to provide nesting sites for them.  I certainly get a few nesting in mine most years.

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