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Smallholding => Wildlife => Topic started by: Perris on May 13, 2019, 07:07:15 am

Title: the housemartins have arrived
Post by: Perris on May 13, 2019, 07:07:15 am

at last! by autumn I shall be longing for peace and quiet, but right now I long for their incessant chirping right outside the window  :excited:

Title: Re: the housemartins have arrived
Post by: Backinwellies on May 14, 2019, 07:40:34 am

I only said yesterday swallows are here but no housemartins. .I get up this morning and there is one inspecting it's old nest  :excited:

Title: Re: the housemartins have arrived
Post by: pgkevet on May 14, 2019, 09:03:53 am

Our housemartins turned up a couple or three weeks ago.. they've already built a new nest (last years fell down) but notably it's a bit smaller than typical (more conical at the bottom). V reckons they're downsizing in keeping with modern practice...