Swallows 2020

[Jerry]

Bugger all to do with farming really ....... but first swallow here today hunting food through the ewes and lambs.

Made my day!
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[Dr. Alkathene]

Lifts the spirits the first swallow of the year

 

[Adeptandy]

Yes it is, part of the changing seasons

 

[Riverblue]

Had a pair of swallows flying above me last here in west Wales.

 

[Still Farming]

27th March seen back here this year.

 

[jondear]

Seen my first Today!

 

[Pilatus]

All the above great news in these surreal times.

 

[jondear]

The strange thing is now not an ounce of damp mud to build with ! Hopefully different by the time they pair and want to start!

 

[JCB_JCR]

Also noticed first pair flying around here today .

 

[Jerry]

The strange thing is now not an ounce of damp mud to build with ! Hopefully different by the time they pair and want to start!

At least plenty of mud around the fringes of the ponds and streams for them.

Buy yes. It’s bloody dry and don’t think we’ll get much rain tonight.

 

[Wooly]

My Grandparents generation didn't turn cattle out to grass until they saw two swallows.

I'm still waiting to see my first pair, but we do have a few cows out .................. they will be turning in their graves !!

 

[Av Gorritt]

None here yet , but we're generally a little bit later .

 

[MrNoo]

Saw my first one today, hopefully the first of many

 

[A1an]

It’ll be interesting to see what arrives this year, never seen so few as I did last year.

 

[Hindsight]

My Grandparents generation didn't turn cattle out to grass until they saw two swallows.

I'm still waiting to see my first pair, but we do have a few cows out .................. they will be turning in their graves !!

Buried your cows????!!!! Couldn't resist.


Hedgehog snuffling around in the garden last few nights, when I have popped out with the dog. She takes an interest, then a wide berth!

 

[Princess Pooper]

Two here, zooming in and out of the old stables.

 

[Old Boar]

Never see a swift here, but house martins and swallows abound. Not seen any yet, despite looking. One nest fell down last week mainly because it was being used by wrens, hords of them, so hopefully it will be rebuilt this year as it is just above a window so you get a good view as they swoop up. Bats are flying and lots of bumbles, so it looks like the year has turned at last.

 

[le bon paysan]

Not seen a swallow yet, they're late but heard a cuckoo this morning.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Saw one swooping round this morning

 

[primmiemoo]

Will unimpeded migrations be a fragment of silver lining from the general awfulness?